Letter(s) of the Day

You have to wonder why President Bush allowed millions of dollars to be spent investigating leaks that, he now admits, came from him. Every time Bush was asked about White House leaks, he said that he knew nothing about it, he would get to the bottom of it and would punish whomever did it.

Does it mean nothing to him to waste millions of taxpayer dollars on a needless investigation? Why didn't he come forward sooner and just say "Yes, I declassified it"?

What's even more galling is that the information Bush leaked in order to supposedly "spread the truth" was in fact information that had already been proven wrong months before he authorized it to be leaked. Bush didn't want people to see the truth so he intentionally leaked false information in order to trick Americans into supporting the war in Iraq.

Bush has repeatedly abused power, lied to Congress and the American people, lied to the military, started war on false pretenses, demonstrated the most egregious incompetence and placed the nation in a precarious economic and diplomatic condition.

At least he didn't lie about sex or we'd have to impeach him.
— Alan L. Light, Iowa City.

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It is amazing how this administration rewrites the rules to the game as it goes along. President Bush stated that he would fire whomever was responsible for outing CIA agent Valerie Plame to the press.

Of course, those of us who were following this media story suspected it would be Vice President Dick Cheney and perhaps Bush himself who authorized Lewis Libby to squawk. Now that the jury will be hearing the details, we hear the defense, "We have the right to declassify information... ."

Talk about flip-flopping nonsense. To put our nation's national security at risk by outing an agent considered to be an expert on weapons of mass destruction and putting people under her at risk also — that should be an impeachable offense. What kind of government condones these tactics?

It appears the Bushies are more dangerous and closer to fascism than some of the regimes they condemn. Who is part of the axis of evil now?
— Lisa Honnold, Ankeny.

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