AP: Libby Trial Sheds Light on White House

[PhilipShore]

http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=2866966

Libby Trial Shines Revealing Light on White House Attempts to Sell American Public on Iraq War

WASHINGTON Feb 11, 2007 (AP)— Sworn testimony in the perjury trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby has shone a spotlight on White House attempts to sell a gone-wrong war in Iraq to the nation and Vice President Dick Cheney's aggressive role in the effort.

Trial testimony so far including eight hours of Libby's own audio-recordedd testimony to a grand jury in 2004 suggest that a White House known as disciplined was anything but that.

What has emerged, instead, is:

a vice president fixated on finding ways to debunk a former diplomat's claims that Bush misled the U.S. people in going to war and his suggestion Cheney might have played a role in suppressing contrary intelligence.

[SpiralHawk]

1. Undisciplined White House. "Smirk, smirk." - Commander AWOL

"What the Hell did you think you would get from a C- student cheerleader
who deserted his National Guard Unit to sniff cocaine,
and who still belongs to the occult cabal he joined in college?"

- Commander AWOL

[Zorra]

2. OK. So, like...when do we start prosecuting Cheney and the Chimp? n/t

[jaksavage]

3. Somebody get a rope !