scott mcclelland gets grilled

from the July 11 White House Press Briefing:

QUESTION: Does the president stand by his pledge to fire anyone involved in a leak of the name of a CIA operative?

MCCLELLAN: I appreciate your question. I think your question is being asked related to some reports that are in reference to an ongoing criminal investigation. The criminal investigation that you reference is something that continues at this point.

And as I’ve previously stated, while that investigation is ongoing, the White House is not going to comment on it.

The president directed the White House to cooperate fully with the investigation. And as part of cooperating fully with the investigation, we made a decision that we weren’t going to comment on it while it is ongoing.

The AP steals the show with the best lede

For two years, the White House has insisted that presidential adviser Karl Rove had nothing to do with the leak of a CIA officer’s identity. And President Bush said the leaker would be fired.

More blog coverage at The Light of Reason (again), Talking Points Memo, Eschaton and Crooks and Liars.

why i no longer use LSD

More on breathalyzers:

Oh God, I’m loving this. His fingerprints (and Cheney’s) are all over 911, the Downing Street Memo is clear evidence for impeachment, he’s getting his ditch ploughed by gay leather stud James “Bulldog” Guckert in the White House, and now a pack of drunk drivers might be on the brink of voiding that patently bogus “election” that Kerry so graciously threw last year.

This is why I no longer use LSD. In these times, it would be redundant.