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From BBCNews, of course:

Bush 'involved' in CIA leak case

A former White House press secretary has said the US president was involved in misinforming the public over the leaking of a CIA agent's identity.

In an excerpt from his book, Scott McClellan says George W Bush helped mislead the public over the role in the affair of two White House aides.

The CIA agent, Valerie Plame, says her identity was leaked because her diplomat husband opposed the Iraq war.

The White House said Mr Bush would not ask anyone to pass false information.

Mr McClellan's book is not scheduled for publication until April and the excerpt released was brief.

It refers to a White House press conference he attended in 2003.

At the conference, Mr McClellan told journalists that the two aides Karl Rove and Lewis "Scooter" Libby were "not involved" in leaking Ms Plame's identity.

The excerpt reads: "There was one problem. It was not true.

"I had unknowingly passed along false information. And five of the highest ranking officials in the administration were involved in my doing so: Rove, Libby, the vice-president, the president's chief of staff, and the president himself."

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Like, this is news to anyone, really. It only confirms what most of us thought was going on anyway. The BBC article has a quote from the current White House Press Secretary who says "The president has not and would not ask his spokespeople to pass on false information." Oh, right! Let's not forget The Downing Street Memo from the UK acknowledging everyone knew there were no WMDs in Iraq.

Oh! Did you hear the latest military fiasco-slash-embarrassment? Seems as though in order to beef up the over-worked, over-tired, under-paid military grunts, the various branches offer "bonuses" for signing on. The deal is, remain in for X amount of time and the bonus is yours. Fine. Except…what happens if you are injured and can't stay in, like far too many young men and women? You guessed it. You lose the bonus. So much for supporting our troops, eh? "We'll send you into a battle zone where you could get blown up at any time. Survive this journey, and the money is yours. Get injured, well, bets are off. Oh, and buy your own protective gear, learn how to armor your own vehicle, and good luck on that bomb in the sand thing."

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