Saturday, July 16, 2005

Powell's Memo & Rove's Nondisclosure Agreement

NY Times: Prosecutors in the CIA leak case now show intense interest in a '03 State Dept memorandum that explained how Wilson went to Niger & came to be dispatched on an intelligence-gathering mission and the role of his wife in the trip. Investigators have been trying to learn whether officials at the WH and in the administration learned of the CIA officer's identity from the memo, which was sent to Colin Powell. They are seeking to determine if any officials then passed the name along to journalists and if officials were truthful in testifying about whether they had read the memo. Powell was seen walking around Air Force One w/ the memorandum in hand during a trip to Africa w/Bush & other senior officials. The trip started on July 7/03, which was 1 day after the White House was scrambling to defend itself from a blast of criticism from Wilson. Confused? Yeah, me too. I think the NY Times feels the same way. Just read this article, Questions of Who Told What to Whom, and When, May Be Crucial in Leak Case, to see how tangled & twisted this thing is. But in the middle of all this insanity we receive Rove's Nondisclosure Agreement, courtesy of Truth Out: Under the nondisclosure agreement and the applicable executive order, even "negligent" disclosures to reporters are grounds for revocation of a security clearance or dismissal. Bush hasn't fired him WHY exactly?
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