If it isn't true that Vice President Cheney told Libby that Bush had authorized him to disclose classified information.........

josh marshall in talking points memo raises a damn good point...

Here's a question. If I understand this right, Scooter Libby has sworn under oath that Vice President Cheney told him that President Bush had authorized him to disclose classified information.

Let's set aside the whole question of whether the president can do that or whether there's a specific procedure he has to follow. Just set that issue aside.

If it isn't true that Vice President Cheney told him that, then Vice President Cheney must know that Libby has again perjured himself. I would think the Vice President has an affirmative duty to come forward and say that Libby's testimony is false.

all i can say, josh, is that the only affirmative duties that cheney acknowledges are those that he accepts as legitimate and the only legitimate duties he acknowledges are those he deems as legitimate...

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