Scott McClellan, former Press Secretary to George W. Bush, made a serious allegation today. Appearing on The Today Show McClellan was being interviewed about his insight into behind the scenes events of the Bush administration. The line of questioning steered into how he became disillusioned with George W. Bush, and he revealed one item in specific that's gravely serious.

He revealed that George W. Bush was the instigator of leaking the identity of a covert CIA operative solely for political purposes. Although Bush has repeatedly lied about his involvement in public statements, McClellan stated that George W. Bush had, in fact, confirmed his direct participation.

Scott McClellan: "But the other defining moment was in early April 2006, when I learned that the President had secretly declassified the National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq for the Vice President and Scooter Libby to anonymously disclose to reporters. And we had been out there talking about how seriously the President took the selective leaking of classified information. And here we were, learning that the President had authorized the very same thing we had criticized."

Viera: "Did you talk to the President and say why are you doing this?"

Scott McClellan: "Actually, I did. I talked about the conversation we had. I walked onto Air Force One, it was right after an event we had, it was down in the south, I believe it was North Carolina. And I walk onto Air Force One and a reporter had yelled a question to the President trying to ask him a question about this revelation that had come out during the legal proceedings. The revelation was that it was the President who had authorized, or, enable Scooter Libby to go out there and talk about this information. And I told the President that that's what the reporter was asking. He was saying that you, yourself, was the one that authorized the leaking of this information. And he said, 'yeah, I did.' And I was kinda taken aback."

He just described the act of a traitor. The point that the perpetrator of the act was the President of The United States is stunning. That should be a revelation that every single American would find repugnant and shameful. But under the Bush administration our nation has become so divided and polarized, that even an act of treason committed by George W. Bush won't slow down his excusers, rationalizers and justifiers. We've truly slipped that far. That's a shame we all must accept.

If that's not a case for why America needs a real change in direction, then we're destined to slide further down the slope.

Although I don't like Bush you have to take everything McClellan says with a grain of salt. It would be unintelligent to take the White Houses side or McClellan's side 100%. The truth is we will never know. It's his word vs theirs. They need more people to fess up the the same issues in the administration. I realize Richard Clark did something very similar but it was different issues if I recall correctly.

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This guy wasn't even in Bush's inner-circle. He was an advisor. This book seems somewhat flawed to me.

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