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To: epicure who wrote (16386)	4/9/2006 1:49:39 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541674

Iraq Findings Leaked by Cheney's Aide Were Disputed E-MailPrint Single Page Save By DAVID E. SANGER and DAVID BARSTOW Thanks for posting this NYTimes piece from this morning's paper. I had planned to do so later today. It's the clearest recounting yet of what was happening within the Bush administration on the pr of the wmd issues in June and July of 03 and the various ways that resulted in Libby's conversation with Miller. Bush will pay another price, hard to tell how heavy, for the clear hypocricy of his statements in 03 about finding the person who did the leaking. And, of course, he now has no credibility on the "punishing leakers" point which serves as the basis for going after Risen, Priest, and other journalists.

To: epicure who wrote (16386)	4/9/2006 2:34:41 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 541674

But a senior official close to Mr. Hadley said that "it appears that the only three people who knew about the instant declassification were Dick Cheney, George Bush and Scooter Libby." I would bet a tidy sum that Bush wasn't the one who came up with the idea for that leak, but merely acquiesced to Cheney's request. The Niger yellowcake story was always Cheney's baby. Well, not Cheney himself, of course. Someone Cheney trusted, obviously. I'd love to know who. Of course, you know who I think. Woolsey or somebody else at American Enterprise Institute, taking their cue from Chalabi -- or whoever was pulling Chalabi's strings.