{"id":5340,"date":"2008-05-29T14:11:52","date_gmt":"2008-05-29T20:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=5340"},"modified":"2021-05-20T19:40:11","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T01:40:11","slug":"bush-personally-authorized-leak-of-cia-agents-identity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2008\/05\/bush-personally-authorized-leak-of-cia-agents-identity\/","title":{"rendered":"Bush Personally Authorized Leak Of CIA Agent&#8217;s Identity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/george_w_bush.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/george_w_bush.thumbnail.jpg\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>Huffington Post<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the biggest revelation from Scott McClellan&#8217;s bombshell book about his time at the White House is that President Bush directly authorized the leak of Valerie Plame&#8217;s identity:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>During the interview, Scottie revealed the two things that really pissed him off with the Bush Administration. First, being set up to lie by Karl Rove and Scooter Libby. And second, learning that Bush had&#8211;himself&#8211;authorized the selective leaking of the NIE.<br \/>\nScottie McC: But the other defining moment was in early April 2006, when I learned that the President had secretly declassified the National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq for the Vice President and Scooter Libby to anonymously disclose to reporters. And we had been out there talking about how seriously the President took the selective leaking of classified information. And here we were, learning that the President had authorized the very same thing we had criticized.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2008\/05\/29\/mcclellans-biggest-revela_n_104082.html\">(Original Article)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Huffington Post Perhaps the biggest revelation from Scott McClellan&#8217;s bombshell book about his time at the White House is that President Bush directly authorized the leak of Valerie Plame&#8217;s identity: During the interview, Scottie revealed the two things that really pissed him off with the Bush Administration. 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