Former U.S. intelligence officers criticized President Bush on Friday for not disciplining Karl Rove in connection with the leak of the name of a CIA officer, saying Bush's lack of action has jeopardized national security.
In a hearing held by Senate and House Democrats examining the implications of exposing Valerie Plame's identity, the former intelligence officers said Bush's silence has hampered efforts to recruit informants to help the United States fight the war on terror. Federal law forbids government officials from revealing the identity of an undercover intelligence officer.
"I wouldn't be here this morning if President Bush had done the one thing required of him as commander in chief รข€” protect and defend the Constitution," said Larry Johnson, a former CIA analyst.
Wow, I'm so desperate to see/hear people call Bush on the stuff he's doing wrong even this is making me eye my Kleenex box lovingly.
Let's hope this whole "people doing their jobs in government" thing is a trend!
The above excerpt comes from [http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/07/22/national/w122228D72.DTL|an article] from AP.org available at SFGate.com.
I'm not really surprised. Karl Rove is an old friend of his fathers and was one of the people who helped Bush 43 get to where he is right now...
ReplyDeleteYeah, without a doubt. I'm not surprised either, but it's one of those things that gets me annoyed anyway.
ReplyDeleteI feel like everyone should be forced to watch that docu Bush's Brain. It paints a depressing picture of Rove that fits what he is being accused of now. There's also a great docu called Horns and Halos and it involves Rove in a really indirect but truly chilling way--especially when you consider current events. I should try to find a copy of that and post it as a Quicktime so people can see it because it's some powerful stuff--more powerful today, I think than when it was originally produced. (Let's just say the CIA Agent's ID isn't the first thing he's leaked.)