Olbermann on Bush’s Hypocrisy
The MSNBC host lays bare the White House's attack on press freedoms and whistle-blowers.Crooks and Liars
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Keith Olbermann: The Bush administration on the hunt for anyone who might have leaked word of the NSA domestic spying program to the media. Amid further word tonight that there may even be more secret spying going on than thought previously. Absent any hint of irony, the administration launching several investigations to nab any federal official who may have blown the whistle on its warrant-free surveillance programs, as well as its secret CIA prisons.
President Bush, you will recall, calling the NSA leak a, quote, “shameful act” that was, quote, “helping the enemy.” Never mind the members of his own senior staff who saw fit to leak the name of a covert CIA operative, mainly because her husband had said something critical about he White House. The Washington Post reported that dozens of employees at the CIA, NSA and other intelligence agencies have been interviewed by the FBI already. At the same time, the Justice Department warning reporters that they could be prosecuted under espionage laws….
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