Cheney Authorized Leak Of CIA Report, Libby Says

Cheney Authorized Leak Of CIA Report The new Bob Woodward strikes again. Murray Waas "Vice President Dick Cheney directed his then-chief of staff,
By John Amato — April 13, 2006

Cheney Authorized Leak Of CIA Report

The new Bob Woodward strikes again.

Murray Waas

"Vice President Dick Cheney directed his then-chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, on July 12, 2003 to leak to the media portions of a then-highly classified CIA report that Cheney hoped would undermine the credibility of former Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson, a critic of the Bush administration's Iraq policy, according to Libby's grand jury testimony in the CIA leak case and sources who have read the classified report....read on"

UPDATE

FDL:

"Bottom line: this time there's no wiggling out of it. Dick Cheney ordered Scooter Libby to leak classified information to a reporter for nothing more than political hay prior to an election when they felt that the truth of Joe Wilson’s allegations could hurt them at the polls. They spared nothing — not even national security - in the craven pursuit of power...read on"

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