Perhaps the best example of this was yesterday's Daily News story by Tom DeFrank, which provided the first clear evidence that President Bush has known who the culprits were from the beginning and possibly failed to disclose that to Patrick Fitzgerald in their interview last year. Why would White House officials sell the president out like that? The question becomes more pointed when you note that DeFrank, as we discussed yesterday, has long been close to people in the Bush world.
So what's the story? According to knowledgeable sources, those White House officials behind that story were trying to help the president, not hurt him. The story, in their view, was about his unhappiness with what Rove had done but his loyalty to those who work for him. Now, the first thing you have to say on this is that there are some folks in the White House who are pretty stupid.
If the reader doesn't remember, Bush made a pretty emphatic statement back in April of 2004.
New York Times
The White House took the unusual step last year of specifically denying any involvement in the leak on the part of several top administration officials, including Karl Rove, President Bush's senior adviser, and I. Lewis Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff. The White House press secretary, Scott McClellan, has repeatedly said no one wants to get to the bottom of the case more than Mr. Bush.
If true, this seems to suggest Bush will be indicted for perjury when he failed to tell Fitzgerald of his knowledge in 2003. Perhaps, rather than as Josh suggests, the Bush Administration already knows Bush is to be indicted and they are garnering sympathy.
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