NYT: Some (Democrats) Tie Libby's Case to the Case for the War

[DeepModem Mom]

Some Tie Libby's Case to the Case for the War
By CARL HULSE
Published: October 29, 2005


WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 - Democrats portrayed Friday's indictment of a senior White House official in the C.I.A. leak case as evidence that the Bush administration was willing to risk national security to protect a flawed rationale for the war in Iraq. Republicans cautioned against a rush to judgment and sought to minimize any damage.

In a flood of stinging statements immediately after the announcement of charges against the aide, I. Lewis Libby Jr., leading Democrats quickly moved beyond the details of the indictment to the broader assertion that White House officials had ignored the law in mounting a furtive campaign to blunt criticism of President Bush's case for war.

"This case is bigger than the leak of highly classified information," said Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the Democratic leader. "It is about how the Bush White House manufactured and manipulated intelligence in order to bolster its case for the war in Iraq and to discredit anyone who dared to challenge the president."

In a statement read by his lawyer outside the federal courthouse, Joseph C. Wilson IV, the former ambassador and a central figure in the case along with his wife, Valerie Wilson, said, "When an indictment is delivered at the front door of the White House, the office of the president is defiled."

Democrats in the House and Senate immediately called for congressional oversight hearings into administration handling of classified information, even though Republican officials who control the House and Senate have ignored such demands in the past....


http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/29/politics/29react.html?hp&ex=1130644800&en=b00dc9b5fc11ca35&ei=5094&partner=homepage

[efhmc]

1. Big, big "no duh!"

[tmooses]

2. This is also an indictment into lack of courage in standing up to Bush

in the runup to this contrived war. A little bit too late for all those who have had their lives torn apart by these criminals.

[loyalsister]

4. Wilson on John Stewart

said that Fitzgerald is doing the job that the Democrats and the CIA should have done two years ago.
I'm happy to see that they are catching on now.

[JuniperLea]

3. Give me a break!

This is just the tip of the iceberg! It's going to cause a huge domino effect! We've got the who, the what and the where... the why will surely come out in court and then the dominoes will start to tumble.

The RWNuts are sure grasping at straws and trying to make this all sound so insignificant. I say give them all enough rope!