Bush jumps the shark

* reddhedd has a 3-parter regarding libby & fitz' latest filings - 1, 2, 3
(the classic pic is from post3)

in part one she notes that there may be charges outstanding for hadley, rove and tenet - as well as this from Fitz: "Some documents produced to defendant could be characterized as reflecting a plan to discredit, punish or seek revenge against Mr. Wilson."

this from part 2: "Fitzgerald goes on to point out that "the evidence will show" that:

…the July 6, 2003, Op Ed by Mr. Wilson was viewed in the Office of Vice President as a direct attack on the credibility of the Vice President (and the President) on a matter of signal importance: the rationale for the war in Iraq. "

interesting.

part 3 - this from fitz:

"Indeed, there exist documents, some of which have been provided to defendant, and there were conversations in which defendant participated, that reveal a strong desire by many, including multiple people in the White House, to repudiate Mr. Wilson before and after July 14, 2003."

reddhedd ends thusly:

"Bottom line here: George Bush jumped the shark with all of his public protestations about leakers being bad — because his sureptitious attempt to plant stories via Judy Miller through a Scooter Libby who clearly was trying to hide his identity behind a "former Hill staffer" attribution far away from the WH makes Bush look like a weasel. A weasel who has been pointing fingers at his critics, at the press, at everyone — but hasn’t taken any responsiblity on himself for his own mistakes, and his cherry-picking of intelligence that he used to lie our way into war with Iraq.

President Bush been exposed as a snake oil salesman, whose holier than thou attitude about leakers was designed to hide the fact that — all along — he’s been pulling the strings behind the scenes as the Leaker-in-Chief.

And, fyi, there was no denial at all from the WH today that anything Libby said in testimony was untrue. Steve Soto has more on this at Left Coaster. The WaPo has more on this as well.

The question now is — do they turn the machine on Libby, or will he be willing to turn it back on them to save his own hide? Did I say game on?"