National Journal: Bush Told Prosecutors He "Directed" Cheney To Discredit Joe Wilson...

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Having already engulfed numerous high-ranking Bush administration officials, today the Valerie Plame CIA leak case produced perhaps its most damning expose. A National Review article by Murray Waas cites a number of sources with knowledge that President Bush told the special prosecutor, during a 2004 Oval Office interview, that he himself directed Vice President Dick Cheney to personally spearhead an effort to counter allegations made by former Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV.

According to sources, Bush told Cheney to disclose classified intelligence that would defend the administration and discredit Wilson. The President claimed he did not tell anyone specifically to expose the identity of CIA officer Valerie Plame, nor did he know that Cheney instructed his chief of staff to leak Plame's identity to the press. However, a source with direct knowledge of conversations between Bush and Cheney said that Bush told Cheney, regarding information that would discredit Wilson, to "get it out." Another person with knowledge of Bush's interview with the special prosecutor did not confirm the President's words, but said that the "get it out" account was consistent with what Bush told the prosecutor.

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