Scott McClellan. Questionable Credibility.
July 11, 2004 at 1:35 pm.
Scott McClellan said the investigator is controlling the amount of information the White House is allowed to share with the media. 'Until the investigation is complete we will not commit, or did he say comment?'
I suppose it would be a bad idea for Scott to give Bush and Cheney's secret away before Karl barters his way to a lesser sentence with the special investigator. Makes one wonder what Scott knows. How many Public Relations people in the White House know what is going on in the CIA/FBI anyway?
Michael Moore Today
Play the news conference and film loop to understand the content alone but it gets real interesting when you play both the McClellan news conference at the same time as the film loop.
McClellan News Media
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History
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"...if anyone in this administration was responsible for the leaking of classified information, they would no longer work in this administration."
(VIDEO) --Scott McClellan, October 6, 2003 Q Is there any plans for the administration to follow up and talk to Syrian officials or even the leadership about what has occurred?
MR. McCLELLAN: Again, we continue to make our views known. And they know that we take these issues very seriously, and they know what they need to do.
Q Scott, the President just expressed his desire to get to the bottom of this CIA leak issue. And he said he wanted to hold accountable whoever was responsible --
MR. McCLELLAN: Absolutely.
Q -- responsible for this. But can you confirm that the President would fire anyone on his staff found to have leaked classified information?
MR. McCLELLAN: I think I made that very clear last week. The topic came up, and I said that if anyone in this administration was responsible for the leaking of classified information, they would no longer work in this administration. This is a very serious matter. The President made it very clear just a short time ago in the East Room, and he has always said that leaking of classified information is a serious matter. And that's why he wants to get to the bottom of this. And the sooner we get to the bottom of it, the better.
Q Scott, can I ask you a separate question?
MR. McCLELLAN: You may ask me a separate question. Q On Kibaki. Did he specifically ask the President for help in resuming IMF loans, and what was the President's response?
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Scott McClellan Needs A Thesaurus Finally!
The White House press corps at long last woke up today and started asking questions about Karl Rove. They wanted to know if White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan stood by his previous statement that anyone involved in leaking undercover CIA agent Valerie Plame’s identity to the media should be fired. But when the going tough, McClellan fell back on his handy list of Phrases To Use To Dodge Questions.
Here’s Scott McClellan, by the numbers:
23: Number of times McClellan could’t answer a question because the Rove investigation is “ongoing.”
10: Number of times McClellan couldn’t answer a question because it was “related” to the investigation or in the “context” of the investigation.
16: Number of times McClellan said he just wouldn’t “comment” on a question.
5: Number of times McClellan assured reporters he “appreciates the questions” about Rove’s involvement in the Plame case.
8: Number of times McClellan told reporters he and the president were “helping” the investigation with their silence.
8: Number of times McClellan said he and President Bush want to “get to the bottom of this.”
3: Number of times McClellan said he and the president planned to “cooperate fully” with the investigation by not answering questions. 10: Number of times McClellan claimed he’d already “responded” to a reporter’s question.
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Watergate Revisited. When is the Independant Council going to ask for the White House Tapes ?????
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June 12, in history, 1974, Former Nixon White House adviser John D. Ehrlichman is convicted of a charge connected with his supervision of the "plumbers," a covert group aimed at stopping press leaks.
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BEAM ME UP SCOTTY:
At White House, a Day of Silence on Rove's Role in C.I.A. Leak
By RICHARD W. STEVENSON
Published: July 12, 2005
WASHINGTON, July 11 - Nearly two years after stating that any administration official found to have been involved in leaking the name of an undercover C.I.A. officer would be fired, and assuring that Karl Rove and other senior aides to President Bush had nothing to do with the disclosure, the White House refused on Monday to answer any questions about new evidence of Mr. Rove's role in the matter.
