To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (49335 ) 4/6/2006 9:25:07 PM From: ild Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 116555 Update 1: White House Reaction to Libby Indictment By The Associated Press , 04.06.2006, 08:14 PM Reaction to the court papers released that say President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney directed a leak campaign against critics of the Iraqi war: "In light of today's shocking revelation, President Bush must fully disclose his participation in the select of classified information. The American people must know the truth." - Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada. "Under any circumstances, the president has the right to declassify information. Secondly, as the press is reporting, there is no indication in the court filing that either the president or vice president authorized the disclosure of Valerie Plame's identity and to insuate otherwise, is flat out wrong." - Republican National Committee Communications Director Brian Jones. "One of the constants in the Bush administration's miserable record on Iraq has been manipulation of intelligence precisely for political purposes. That has caused our intelligence - which used to be accepted without questions around the world_ to be viewed with skepticism by the international community." - House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi of California. "If the president of the United States is authorizing leaks of classified material in order to destroy people who oppose his point of view, or go after them, then something is really unbelievably wrong with their standards, as well as the lack of accountability in this administration." - Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass. "If the disclosure is true, it's breathtaking. The president is the leaker-in-chief." - Rep. Jane Harman of California, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee.forbes.com Federal prosecutors disclose that Vice President Dick Cheney's former aide, 'Scooter' Libby, allegedly told prosecutors that Cheney told him “that…President [Bush] specifically had authorized [Libby] to disclose certain [intelligence] information” about the war in Iraq. Document here:news.findlaw.com