Libby Says 'Superiors' Authorized Leaks

[kpete]

And speaking of those NIE leaks, the LATimes has an article today about how Dick Cheney says some leaks are simply awful, while refusing to explain his role in authorizing in the selective NIE leaking from Scooter to reporters about town. Must suck when you are both the pot and the kettle.

http://firedoglake.blogspot.com/2006_02_19_firedoglake_archive.html#114071523639988460



Libby Says 'Superiors' Authorized Leaks
Cheney's former aide told a jury that classified information he gave to journalists was OKd.
By Richard B. Schmitt, Times Staff Writer


WASHINGTON — Former vice presidential aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby has told a federal grand jury that his "superiors" authorized him to leak highly sensitive intelligence to journalists, including a New York Times reporter he allegedly tipped off to the name of an undercover CIA operative.

The revelation is contained in a Jan. 23 letter from Special Prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald to lawyers for Libby, who was indicted in late October in connection with the leak of the operative's name. In the letter, Fitzgerald recounts testimony in which Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff admitted circulating portions of the National Intelligence Estimate to reporters in June and July 2003.

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The letter did not identify those superiors. The National Journal reported on its website Thursday that Cheney, who was Libby's direct boss at the time, had authorized the disclosures.

The revelation that leaks were authorized comes as the Bush administration has been quick to condemn others for failing to safeguard secrets since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Cheney has been among the most aggressive in lashing out against what officials have described as unauthorized leaks that have gravely hurt the country

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/la-na-libby10feb10,1,2906861.story?coll=la-news-politics-national

[giant_robot]

1. "The letter did not identify those superiors."

OK, but let's think about it. Libby was "Cheney's Cheney", so as far as I can tell, his only superior was Cheney himself. However, the letter said "superiors", so we have to ask ourselves, "Who is above Cheney?" Hmmmm...who could that be?

edit: grammar