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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jlallen who wrote (692605)	7/18/2005 8:57:43 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Here's McClellan press conference from Sept 2003: Q Can you explain why the President, who ran to say that he would, himself, restore, honesty and integrity to the Oval Office, that he would do it, is now saying he has to do nothing proactively on this front and will leave it to the Justice Department, when it's his own staff who's been accused of committing a very, very serious federal crime? MR. McCLELLAN: And I think I've asked and answered that. Q No, but why is he not doing anything proactively? MR. McCLELLAN: I've been asked and answered that question. I had that asked up here. I mean, I'll go back through it. Q You haven't said why -- you haven't said what his thinking is and why he doesn't -- MR. McCLELLAN: Because there has been no information that's come to our attention, or been brought to our attention, beyond what we've seen in the media reports. Q -- classified -- MR. McCLELLAN: Let me finish, and then you can ask your question. I've seen the anonymous media reports. But like I said, there are anonymous media reports all the time. Are we supposed to go chasing down every single anonymous report? Q No, no -- Q There are serious consequences -- MR. McCLELLAN: If there's -- no, no, there are anonymous reports all the time making accusations about the White House. Q There are not anonymous reports all the time about serious leaks. The White House in the past has called for investigations based on leaks, based on anonymous sources up in Congress. MR. McCLELLAN: And what -- what have I said? Q So why not do the same in this case? MR. McCLELLAN: And what have I said? The President believes that if someone leaked classified information of this nature, that it should be looked into. The Department of Justice should look into it, they should pursue it to the fullest extent possible. So we very much are saying -- we very much are saying what you're asking. Yes, sir, Bob -- oh, sorry. I'll go to Kate next. Q Has the White House Counsel Office issued any kind of paper to staffers -- MR. McCLELLAN: No -- Q -- regarding the President's, you know, desire to cooperate with any probe or anything like that? MR. McCLELLAN: No. Again, I've said that nothing has been brought to our attention. There have been no requests made of the White House and nothing has been brought to -- Q -- step forward. You said people should step forward -- MR. McCLELLAN: They should. Q -- if they have information. Is there going to be anything circulated telling -- Q -- could put it in writing -- MR. McCLELLAN: I've made it very clear -- well, there's no specific information being brought to our attention to suggest White House involvement. I think I've been through that. Q -- then you're not saying you're going to tell people that?