[NYTr] Bush: Not Only the Worst, But Also the Biggest Liar

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Bush: Not Only the Worst, But Also the Biggest Liar

By Angel Rodriguez Alvarez
AIN Special Service

Amid the speculations about the surprising and unexpected resignation 
of Fran Towsend, advisor to Bush on terrorism, another scandal has 
erupted involving the US leader and some of his main cabinet members. 
The incident occurred after the revelations of former White House Press 
Secretary Scott McClellan who accused Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, 
Cabinet Chief, Andrew H. Card and former political advisor, Karl Rove 
of having giving him false information for him to lie to the press 
about the identity of former CIA secret agent Valerie Plane, considered 
a very serious crime in the US. In the book entitled: "What happened: 
Inside the Bush White House and What's Wrong with Washington", 
McClellan, Presidential spokesperson from July 2003 until April of 
2006, has revealed details of this dark episode. "The most powerful 
leader in the world asked me to speak on his behalf and to help him 
recover his credibility lost due to the failure of the search for 
weapons of mass destruction in Iraq". McClellan talks about a press 
conference in which he said that advisors Karl Rove and Lewis "Scooter" 
Libby were not involved in the leak of the identity of the CIA agent.  
This move was apparently a reprisal against the agent's husband Joseph 
Wilson a high ranking official who was critical of Washington's 
invasion of Iraq and refused to report, for lack of evidence, about the 
existence of Saddam Hussein's attempt to purchase uranium from Niger. 
"I was on the podium at the White House Press Room for two weeks and I 
exonerated two of the most important White House aids. There was one 
problem, said McClellan, it was not the truth.  Without knowing it I 
gave out false information and five of the government's highest ranking 
authorities were involved: Rove, Libby, the Vice President, the 
Presidential Secretary and the President himself". You may recall, 
Libby was the only one sentenced to two years and a half and did not 
serve a single day in jail because he was pardoned by Bush.

For now the political consequences of this episode for the republicans 
in the elections in 2008 are unpredictable and even for Bush's 
continuation in the Oval Office. Many analysts speculate on how far 
this scandal will go.  What has been revealed so far is just an 
extract, as part of a marketing strategy to generate expectations about 
the book launch scheduled for April of 2008. What was advanced by 
McClellan gives no details on how Bush and Cheney were involved in the 
scandal, nor reveals what happened behind closed doors.  Now the 
intrigue will grow to unsuspected levels, much to the uneasiness of 
those in question, as there is still six months to the launch.

How much more dirt about Bush will come to light? Will the Democrats be 
ready to exploit these serious revelations in their favor until W. is 
out of the White House?

Remember Watergate: is a saying worthy of note!   Nixon was kicked out 
into the street for lying, ending his political career.