Bush says will not comment on Rove's status for now

[sabra]

http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-11-04T161751Z_01_YUE457861_RTRUKOC_0_UK-BUSH-LEAK-ROVE.xml


Bush says will not comment on Rove's status for now

MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina (Reuters) - President George W. Bush said on Friday he would not comment on the status at the White House of deputy chief of staff Karl Rove until an investigation into his role in the leak of a CIA agent's name was completed.

Bush, taking questions from reporters on the fringes of the Summit of the Americas in Argentina, called the CIA leak probe a "very serious investigation," a week after a vice presidential aide, Lewis Libby, was indicted in the case.

"The investigation on Karl as you know is not completed," Bush said. "Therefore I will not comment about him and/or the investigation."

...

"I understand the anxiety and angst by the press corps to talk about this. On the other hand it's a serious investigation and we take it seriously, and we're cooperating to the extent that the special prosecutor wants us to cooperate," Bush said.

edit: better article.

[sabra]

1. ....

:kick:

[Catherine Vincent]

2. Even Bush says the investigation isn't done.

Once we get the word from Fitzgerald, anything from the NYTimes, Washington Post etc. is moot.

[Sub Atomic]

3. So * is a liar.

I thought you were going to fire anyone involved in the leak, asshole.

We're waiting.

[rodeodance]

4. Bush Sidesteps Questions About CIA Leak (in Argentina)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051104/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush;_ylt=Avq1pRKW8DTjbqWTpW3fhkis0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ--
Bush Sidesteps Questions About CIA Leak

By DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 31 minutes ago

MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina -
President Bush batted away questions about the CIA leak investigation Friday, unable at an Americas summit thousands of miles from Washington to escape the controversy that has ensnared a top White House official and weakened his own popularity.

Taking questions for the first time since the indictment of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, Bush declined to answer calls from Democrats and some Republicans that he apologize for any administration official's involvement in the case.

Bush also wouldn't say if staff changes were in the works. He sidestepped a question about whether Karl Rove, his top political adviser who remains under investigation in the CIA leak case, should stay on the job. And the president wouldn't comment on whether Rove told him the truth about his role in the events that led up the investigation.

"You're trying to get me to comment on the investigation, which I'm not going to do," Bush told a small group of reporters after meeting with Latin American leaders on the sidelines of the 34-nation Summit of the Americas. "And I hope you understand that. It's a serious investigation, and it's an important investigation. But it's not yet over."........

[ClintonTyree]

5. Very strange.........

up to now he's been so forthcoming and helpful to investigators. :rofl: Sometimes I just crack myself up! :rofl:

[rodeodance]

6. "The way you earn credibility with the American people is....."

I am still waiting Jr.



...Bush lamented being repeatedly asked in recent weeks about poll numbers that are the lowest of his presidency. To virtually every question on the leak case, he responded by pivoting to the importance of focusing instead on his agenda.

"I understand there is a preoccupation by the polls and by some," Bush said. "The way you earn credibility with the American people is to declare an agenda that everybody can understand, an agenda that relates to their lives, and get the job done."

[rodeodance]

7. this is the one that cracks me up!!

.....The only question in the 12-minute exchange with reporters that Bush directly answered was one about how he would greet Hugo Chavez, the outspoken, leftist leader of Venezuela who is using the summit as a stage to needle Bush and bolster his own standing among Latin American nations. Bush promised to "of course, be polite."

[Inland]

8. And suddenly, Bush realizes who cares about CIA camps in foreign countries

Every single foreigner, for one, as the camps are for them, not Americans.

Countries with histories of civil strife where people are "disappeared", for two.

People who don't reflexively believe US presidents and don't see a huge reason to believe that Bush is going to hold secret camps with secret processes and secret inmates to legal standards.

[dave29]

9. "as soon as I am out of legal jeopardy I will gladly answer you"

he should have said

[struggle4progress]

10. Bush Sidesteps Questions About CIA Leak

Posted: Friday, Nov 04, 2005 - 07:51:23 pm EST
By DEB RIECHMANN




MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina - President Bush batted away questions about the CIA leak investigation Friday, unable at an Americas summit thousands of miles from Washington to escape the controversy that has ensnared a top White House official and weakened his own popularity.

Taking questions for the first time since the indictment of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, Bush declined to answer calls from Democrats and some Republicans that he apologize for any administration official's involvement in the case.

Bush also wouldn't say if staff changes were in the works. He sidestepped a question about whether Karl Rove, his top political adviser who remains under investigation in the CIA leak case, should stay on the job. And the president wouldn't comment on whether Rove told him the truth about his role in the events that led up the investigation.

"You're trying to get me to comment on the investigation, which I'm not going to do," Bush told a small group of reporters after meeting with Latin American leaders on the sidelines of the 34-nation Summit of the Americas. "And I hope you understand that. It's a serious investigation, and it's an important investigation. But it's not yet over." <snip>

http://www.bdtonline.com/articles/2005/11/04/ap/headlines/d8dlvl983.txt