The Most Corrupt Administration Ever
Joseph Wilson publicly criticized the Bush administration, saying it had twisted prewar intelligence on Iraq. The criticism came as the U.S. military engaged in a fruitless search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. As we all know, the existence of WMD's was the primary reason the administration gave to justify going to war.
So how did the administration respond? As they always do -- by using the power of the White House against a citizen who was simply telling the American public the truth. But they did it with an evil twist. Instead of retaliating directly against Wilson, the administration decided to retaliate against him by placing his wife in jeopardy.
Two senior administration officials -- Karl Rove and Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby -- leak to Bob Novak that Wilson's wife is a CIA operative, and that she had suggested her husband for a mission to Africa for the agency. The exposure of her name placed not only Valerie Plame in jeopardy, but also the lives of anyone working with her.
The level of corruption in this administration is so great it might be impossible to root it all out. A good place to start would be to indict and convict Rove and Libby and send them to prison for a very long time. The next step should be to immediately begin impeachment proceedings against Bush and Cheney.
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