Bush 'ordered intelligence leak'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4885100.stm
Think Libby is covering his ass or could there be some truth to this ?
Quote:
US President George W Bush authorised the leak of secret intelligence to a newspaper to help defend the Iraq war, a former White House aide has said.
Pre-trial court papers cite Lewis "Libby" Scooter as saying he was told to tell a reporter Iraq was "vigorously trying to procure" uranium.
Mr Scooter, former chief-of-staff to Vice-President Dick Cheney, is facing trial in connection with another leak.
He is accused of lying to prosecutors probing the naming of a CIA agent.
Former diplomat Joseph Wilson - husband of the agent, Valerie Plame - wrote a high-profile article in the New York Times in July 2003 casting doubt on a key White House claim about Saddam Hussein's pursuit of nuclear weapons.
Mr Libby reportedly says in court papers filed on Wednesday that soon afterwards, Mr Cheney told him to pass information from the classified National Intelligence Estimate to Judith Miller, a New York Times reporter.
Disclosing classified information in that way was "unique in his recollection", his testimony reportedly says.
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Mr Bush approved Mr Cheney's instruction, the vice-president told Mr Libby, according to the court papers.
Top Senate Democrat Harry Reid called the claim "shocking", and said Mr Bush "must fully disclose his participation in the selective leaking of classified information".
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