Murry Waas writes a major piece about the Valerie Plame affair and then there are links to three pieces about the Murray Waas piece.

Insulating Bush
By Murray Waas

Karl Rove, President Bush's chief political adviser, cautioned other White House aides in the summer of 2003 that Bush's 2004 re-election prospects would be severely damaged if it was publicly disclosed that he had been personally warned that a key rationale for going to war had been challenged within the administration. Rove expressed his concerns shortly after an informal review of classified government records by then-Deputy National Security Adviser Stephen J. Hadley determined that Bush had been specifically advised that claims he later made in his 2003 State of the Union address -- that Iraq was procuring high-strength aluminum tubes to build a nuclear weapon -- might not be true, according to government records and interviews.

[more]

Motive, Meet Your Cohorts Opportunity and Intent…

Waas on Plamegate

The Plame Game
What Murray Waas’s big scoop may really tell us about Bush’s pre-war deceptions.

Then today it comes out that Bush authorized the leak. Hmmmm.

BIG BUSH NEWS: Does the President Plan to Fire Himself?