Press Secretary on Trial in the Briefing Room - New York Times: "'They're good individuals, they're important members of our White House team, and that's why I spoke with them, so that I could come back to you and say that they were not involved,' Mr. McClellan said at his televised briefing on Oct. 7, 2003, one of several instances in which he denied that Mr. Rove and Mr. Libby were responsible for the leak."
This means one of two things: either McClellan is lying or he was lied to. If he was lied to, then it further goes to show that Libby was aware that the leak was wrong and that he was trying to hide his guilt. If McClellan was lying, then he needs to go immediately.
We cannot have a Press Secretary lying outright to the American public. I understand that he may not give full information, and will often seek to dodge the tough questions, but a lie is a lie. So either he was forced to lie by being given false information, or he lied on his own. Either way, he can't be trusted and he must go.
No comments:
Post a Comment