Leak-hating president as leaker-in-chief

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RachelGS

Discussion Starter · Apr 8, 2006

http://apnews1.iwon.com//article/200...D8GRREG03.html

Lol, the newswriters are having a field day with this one. Between this leaker-in-chief headline and CNN's use of "flip flop," there's a giggle every time we read the news.

If only our esteemed leader weren't so prone to lying and manipulativeness and ineffectiveness and general suckitude...

Quoted in the article:

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Bush often has denounced leaks and pledged to punish the leakers. He has expressed pride in a disciplined White House where leaks are infrequent.

"It was a shameful act for someone to disclose this very important program in a time of war," he told a news conference last Dec. 19, speaking of the leaking of the National Security Agency's warrantless surveillance program.

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Just Thursday, Bush emphasized the importance of straight talk. "When the president says something, he better mean what he says," he told a North Carolina audience. "In order to be effective, in order to maintain credibility, words have got to mean something. You just can't say things in the job I'm in and not mean what you say."

In September 2003, Bush said he was distressed by the CIA leak case. "If somebody did leak classified information, I'd like to know it, and we'll take the appropriate action," he said.

White House spokesman Scott McClellan said at the time: "If anyone in this administration was involved in it (the CIA leak), they would no longer be in this administration."

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Danelle78

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KatWrangler

· #3 · Apr 8, 2006

Suckitude? Giggle Giggle

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