Orchestrating The Cover-Up

by Steve

During his erratic press conference today, Bush admitted for the first time that someone in his administration leaked Valerie Plame's identity to the media, which I'm sure pleased Joe Wilson's attorneys.

Bush acknowledged publicly for the first time that someone in his administration leaked her name to the news media. "And, you know, I've often thought about what would have happened had that person come forth and said, `I did it.' Would we have had this, you know, endless hours of investigation and a lot of money being spent on this matter?"

A nice attempt to shift the burden solely upon Rich Armitage and steer it away from the Oval Office.

"It has been a tough issue for a lot of people in the White House, and it's run its course, and now we're going to move on," Bush declared.

Which is exactly what you would expect someone to say who had just orchestrated an obstruction of justice.

Update: Read Judge Reggie Walton's smackdown of Bush's rationale for the commutation. And Walton was a Bush appointee.