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host · 12-15-2005, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Lebell

I always thought it was ok to believe someone innocent until proven guilty.

In July, it was "best" "if people wait until the investigation is complete before you jump to conclusions," Bush said....

But now...."President Bush said yesterday he is confident that former House majority leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) is innocent of money-laundering charges"

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http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/18/cia.leak/
Bush appears to shift course on CIA leak
President vows to fire anyone who committed a crime

Tuesday, July 19, 2005; Posted: 3:47 a.m. EDT (07:47 GMT)
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush appeared to backtrack Monday from his 2004 pledge to fire anyone involved in leaking the name of CIA operative Valerie Plame.

"I think it's best if people wait until the investigation is complete before you jump to conclusions," Bush said at a joint news conference with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.....

............That appeared to differ from a response Bush gave in June 2004, when he was asked whether he stood by his promise to fire whoever was found to have leaked Plame's name. "Yes," Bush said at the time....

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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,162485,00.html
Leak Amendments Fail in Senate
Friday, July 15, 2005

......Many Democrats are calling for Bush to make good on his vow to punish whoever had a hand in the leak. In recent days, the White House has refused to lay out decisive comment on the issue, which is normal for any ongoing investigation, but has voiced continued support for Rove and the probe........

It's about Bush's H-Y-P-O-C-R-I-S-Y..., the inconsistancy of his statements, and the statements of those who represent him (Scott McClellan) and about his increasing desperation.

ROVE AND WHITE HOUSE HAVE REPEATEDLY LIED ABOUT ROVE'S ROLE IN THE LEAK: Asked on 9/29/03 whether he had "any knowledge" of the leak or whether he leaked the name of the CIA agent, Rove answered "no."(1) He later said, "I didn't know her name. I didn't leak her name." (2) Also on 9/29/03, White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan, after having "spoken to Karl," asserted that "it is a ridiculous suggestion" (3) to say Rove was involved in the leak.

(1) http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/p...ote_Sep29.html

(2) http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIP...31/asb.00.html

(3) http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/relea...0030929-7.html

PRESIDENT BUSH SAID HE WOULD FIRE ANYONE INVOLVED: Asked on 6/10/04 whether he stood by his pledge to "fire anyone" involved in the leak case, Bush answered, "yes." (4) Bush has said, "When the President says something, he better mean it."(5)

(4) http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/relea...040610-36.html
(5) http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache...n+it.%22&hl=en

WHITE HOUSE SILENT NOW BUT HAS SPOKEN PREVIOUSLY WHILE THE INVESTIGATION WAS ONGOING: McClellan has said that while the investigation is ongoing, "the White House is not going to comment on it." (6) But on 10/1/03, McClellan also said, "There's an investigation going on" but spoke openly about Rove, saying "it's simply not true that he was involved in leaking classified information."(7)

(6) http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache...n+it.%22&hl=en
(7) http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache...tion.%22&hl=en