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Saturday, March 27, 2004
Now The Lies Lead to Bush
Josh Marshall remains on top of his game. Remember how Stephen Hadley, Rice NSC Deputy, went on 60 Minutes and said that the Administration denied that the meeting Clarke claimed he had with Bush on September 12, 2001 ever happened? (It was at this private meeting that Clarke claims Bush pressured him to find a link between the attacks and Saddam Hussein.) Lesley Stahl told Hadley that CBS has two additional sources that confirmed the meeting existed, including one witness, and Hadley appeared to back off.
Now the White House has retracted its denial and, according to CBS, are now saying that it does not deny that such a meeting took place. In fact, a White House source is quoted as saying "it probably did."
Marshall makes an interesting point: we know that Bush has personally authorized his staff to go after Clarke, and other than the two sources that CBS had, who confirmed the meeting, the only other person there who could have denied that the meeting happened was the President.
So there does seem to be a pretty strong inference that the President lied to his staff and said the meeting never happened in an effort to discredit Clarke, only to force the White House to backtrack when independent witnesses came forward.
But remember, he's restoring honesty and integrity to the Oval Office...
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