Mr Bush, Tear Down that Stone Wall! (Day 103)

[MaineDem]

For Immediate Release
October 26, 2005
Contact: Karen Finney - 202-863-8148

MR. BUSH, TEAR DOWN THAT STONE WALL!

A daily service of the DNC, "Mr. Bush, Tear Down That Stone Wall!" will
highlight a specific fact that has been revealed and what Americans deserve to
know about the White House's involvement in the improper and possibly illegal
disclosure of an undercover CIA agent's identity for political gain.

WHAT'S BEEN UNCOVERED
Sept. 2003: Cheney Claimed He Didn't Know Who Sent Wilson to Niger. Vice
President Cheney went on Meet the Press on September 14, 2003 to deny that he
knew who sent Joe Wilson to Niger to investigate claims about Iraqi efforts to
obtain yellowcake uranium there:

VICE PRES. CHENEY: No. I don't know Joe Wilson. I've never met Joe Wilson... I
don't know who sent Joe Wilson. He never submitted a report that I ever saw
when he came back. ...I don't know what the truth is on the ground with respect
to that, but I guess--like I say, I don't know Mr. Wilson. I probably shouldn't
judge him. I have no idea who hired him...

MR. RUSSERT: The CIA did.

VICE PRES. CHENEY: But who in the CIA? I don't know.

3 Months Earlier: Cheney Told Libby That Plame Sent Her Husband to Niger. The
Washington Post reported that, three months earlier, on June 12, 2003, Cheney's
chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby Jr. met with Cheney and "recorded in
his notes that Cheney relayed to him that Wilson's wife may have had a role in
Wilson taking the CIA-sponsored mission to Niger."

Today: GOP Pundit Said, "Middle America... Would Call That a Lie." This
morning, pundit and former Republican Congressman Joe Scarborough said of
Cheney's misleading comment: "In Middle America, voters would call that a lie."


WHAT AMERICANS DESERVE TO KNOW
Why did Cheney falsely tell the American people that he did not know who sent
Wilson to Africa three months after he told his chief of staff that Wilson's
wife had a role in it? If Cheney was willing to mislead to Tim Russert, was he
willing to mislead Patrick Fitzgerald? What is Cheney trying to cover up? Who
else is involved in the cover up?

103 DAYS
Since The American Public Learned That A White House Official With Security
Clearance Leaked The Identity Of A Covert CIA Operative.

To read more about the improper and possibly illegal outing of Valerie Plame's identity, including previous "Stonewall" releases, go to: http://www.democrats.org/a/national/honest_government/abuse_of_power/cia_leak_scandal/

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