[David] Addington's Role In Cheney's Office Draws Fresh Attention

[johnfunk]

Just in time for the new week...

Addington's Role In Cheney's Office Draws Fresh Attention
By Murray Waas and Paul Singer
© National Journal Group Inc.
Sunday, Oct. 30, 2005

On the morning of July 8, 2003, I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby, then-chief of staff to Vice President Cheney, had a two-hour meeting with New York Times reporter Judith Miller at which Libby gave information to Miller in an attempt to discredit former ambassador and Bush administration critic Joseph Wilson.

When Libby returned to the White House, he immediately sought out David Addington, the vice president's counsel, according to court records and interviews. During their breakfast at the St. Regis Hotel, Libby had promised Miller he would try to find out more about Wilson, and Wilson's wife, CIA officer Valerie Plame. As the former general counsel to the CIA and counsel to the House Intelligence Committee, Addington was the right man for Libby to see.

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Addington is currently considered the leading candidate to succeed Libby as the chief of staff to a weakened but still powerful Cheney. But Addington's own role in the Plame matter is emerging just as the vice president considers whether to name him as his next chief of staff.

There is no evidence that Addington has done anything outside the law, or that Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald has regarded him as anything other than a witness during the two-year probe that led to Libby's indictment. There is also no evidence that Addington was cognizant that Libby had allegedly leaked classified information on Plame to the media.

But Addington was deeply immersed in the White House damage-control campaign to deflect criticism that the Bush administration misrepresented intelligence information to make the case to go to war with Iraq, according to administration and congressional sources.

And there's more, much more.

[meganmonkey]

1. It is rather absurd that Addington could get tapped to replace Libby

It makes me think that bushco has completely lost it :shrug:

[tsuki]

3. Ding! Ding! Ding!

You win! :applause:

[tsuki]

2. The only thing I could find about Addington in the Indictment

was page 7, sec 18.

But from the article, they appear to be a coupla peas in the same pod. And Addington would have had to know about Libby, maybe Cheney.

Time to stop rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. They need to clean house.

[ncteechur]

4. I thought I heard that Addington was in fact replacing Libby.

That the deal was done.

[anitar1]

6. Raw Story post was on DU a couple of days ago. I think it was

Friday after Libby was indicted.

[lovuian]

5. I think this is what Fitz is going to be watching is Bush & Cheney

cleaning house or just covering up with the same people!!!