February 09, 2006
Bush's dilemma
Posted by
Mark Kleiman
George W. Bush:
1) Believes that leaking classified information is against the law; and
2) Promised that anyone in his administration who committed a crime would no longer have a job.
Now it comes out that either Dick Cheney or George W. Bush authorized "Scooter" Libby to reveal classified information. Libby testified under oath that his "superiors" authorized him to do so, and his only "superiors" were Cheney (Libby was the VP's chief of staff) and Bush himself.
So which will it be? Is Bush going to ask for Cheney's resignation, or offer his own? Or can we just stop pretending that "classified information" is somehow sacrosanct, without any regard to whether its revelation hurts the country or helps it?
