ANATOMY OF A VERY SQUEAKY LEAK

ITEM : "The decision to produce a workup on Wilson in order to discredit him is made at a meeting within the Office of Vice- President. "....( MARCH 9, 2003 ENTRY , PLAME LEAK TIMELINE - dKosospedia ) ................. ITEM : "George W. Bush gives Dick Cheney the authority to declassify classified information via Executive Order 13292.....( MARCH 25 2003 ENTRY , PLAME LEAK TIMELINE - dKosospedia ) .............. Note , the executive order does not give the Vice President the authority to tell Scooter to meet up with Judith Miller and share classified information at a breakfast interview held at the St. Regis Hotel in Washington, DC. July 8, 2003..... Cheney was given authority to declassify classified information ... The declassification process remained unchanged............ I know ...... Bush and Cheney can always claim they’re trying to "protect us and inform us" and therefore have a divine right of kings (" inherent authority") to do anything they damn well please..... including apparently the "inherent authority" to fob off intelligence hoaxes that have been already debunked by the CIA and the UN’s International Atomic Enercy Agency..... The Straussian "Noble Lie" employed to ’monger’ the war in Iraq - that was "for our own good"..... Thanks a lot for the "protection", Dick and George........ ITEM : "On or about July 7, 2003 , LIBBY had lunch with the then White House Press Secretary ( Ari Fleischer ) and advised the Press Secretary that Wilson’s wife worked at the CIA. " ...... ( USA v. Libby indictment)............ ITEM : "Ari Fleischer backs Cheney’s version of events in his press gaggle of July 7 , 2003...... "The Vice-President’s office was not informed of his mission and he was not aware of Mr.Wilson’s mission until press accounts -press reports for it " ........... ( "Cheney , The White House and Wilson : Part one" - Talkleft : The Politics of Crime, July 2003 : The Trip to Africa " )