{"id":104,"date":"2007-02-10T19:36:48","date_gmt":"2007-02-10T19:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=104"},"modified":"2018-04-07T00:45:30","modified_gmt":"2018-04-07T06:45:30","slug":"second-libby-trial-witness-points-to-cheney-as-treasonous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/02\/second-libby-trial-witness-points-to-cheney-as-treasonous\/","title":{"rendered":"Second Libby trial witness points to Cheney as treasonous"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trial Exposes White House Crisis Machine<br \/>\nBy THE ASSOCIATED PRESS &#8211; Published: February 9, 2007<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/card021.jpg\" ><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/card02.thumbnail1.jpg\" alt=\"card02.jpg\" align= \"left\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON (AP) &#8212; David Addington, chief legal adviser to Vice President Dick Cheney, says he was taken aback when the White House started making public pronouncements about the CIA leak investigation.<\/p>\n<p>In the fall of 2003, President Bush&#8217;s press secretary was categorically denying that either Karl Rove or I. 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