NBC News (TV): White House Accuses The CIA of Leaking the "leak" story

[Cush]

Just heard it, The CIA says that the White House is accusing them, saying that the CIA wants to embarass the White House

[shockingelk]

1. TV? n/t

[screembloodymurder]

2. You've got to be kidding

They've lost their minds. Then again it's more diplomatic then an assasination in Dallas.

[qanda]

3. They've been spending too much time over at FReeperville...

Or listening to Rush. Perhaps they should get a life, stop being so petty and turn themselves in to serve out their 3-10.

[Justice]

4. Please Clarify The "Story"

is the story referencing the fact that

1. The CIA leaked the name originally? OR

2. The CIA is the administration official who told reporters last weekend that WH officials leaked the name?

Cuz if it is 2 - the WH looks pretty bad to say, a white official(s) broke the law, and we are really mad that the CIA told reporters about it (especially since reporters and the public already knew about the law being broken since it was the WH officials that broke the law/allowed it to be public in the first place.

[ScrewyRabbit]

5. Then maybe they shouldn't have made Tenet take the fall

for the yellowcake, and all the other shoddy evidence for invading Iraq.

It's their own fault.

[damnraddem]

6. Not very smart. They've already p.o.d the CIA.

And those folks mean business. The screw up a lot, but they do mean business.

[comradebillyboy]

7. scott mcclellen just denied

that the white house blamed the cia. but it was a wierd denial. i dont recall the quote, but it was weasley.

[grasswire]

8. ah

...it's the old chaos ploy. Throw out a whole bunch of confusing and conflicting stuff so people will throw up their hands and say "This is too confusing to follow!"

Common play, Karl. We're on to you.

[frylock]

10. ohhhhh.. i don't know. something along the lines of..

"this isn't how this administration works", in a quavering voice.

[leetrisck]

9. Heard it also on another station

Believe it was MSNBC. Oh brother! Justice has been supposedly doing a preliminary investigation since July and the White House knew it and now this all comes out and they're accusing the CIA of leaking it. I doubt it, but even if they did, who could blame them. Probably thought nothing was happening. Media should have been reporting on this (hot & heavy) long time ago. We all knew it here and they act like they didn't. White House was just told last night not to destroy evidence - suppose they destroyed anything during the preliminary when nobody told them not to destroy it.