Bush Left Scooter ‘Hanging in the Wind,’ Says Cheney

Staff / Truthdig Mar 16, 2009 The former vice president is still sore that his top aide didn't get a presidential pardon. Dick Cheney told CNN that he and the president had a "fundamental difference of opinion" that ultimately "left Scooter sort of hanging in the wind, which I didn't think was appropriate." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Penn May Take On Plame ‘Game’

Staff / Truthdig Feb 24, 2009 Here's a melding of celebrity and politics that might just be a natural: Academy Award™-winning actor and sometime international political analyst Sean Penn is in talks to play former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, husband of outed CIA agent Valerie Plame, in director Doug Liman's dramatic retelling of Plame's story, currently known in deal-making circles as "Fair Game." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush Claims Privilege Over Cheney Interviews

Staff / Truthdig Jul 17, 2008 One of the benefits of saturating the American people with scandal is that folks eventually stop paying attention. That's certainly the case with Plamegate, which is still being investigated despite the president's best efforts to the contrary and a public that has generally moved on. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

McClellan Testifies, Sells More Books

Staff / Truthdig Jun 20, 2008 The most recent stop in former White House press secretary Scott McClellan's book tour was Capitol Hill, where he testified about his own participation in the Valerie Plame affair and the involvement of both Bush and Cheney in attempting to cover up the treasonous tracks of 2007 felon of the year Scooter Libby. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

McClellan to Testify Before House Judiciary Committee

Staff / Truthdig Jun 10, 2008 Scott McClellan is making an important stop on Capitol Hill as he continues his book tour to tout that obscure memoir he wrote about being Bush's press secretary. According to The Huffington Post, McClellan has agreed to testify before the House Judiciary Committee about the Valerie Plame identity leak case and possibly other entries in the list of Bush's Greatest Hits during McClellan's time as presidential spokesman. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ex-Press Secretary Throws Bush Under the Bus

Staff / Truthdig May 28, 2008 Scott McClellan was one of George W. Bush's most loyal aides, so it is surprising to learn that he savages the president and his administration in his new memoir. Among other bombshells, McClellan refers to the administration's "propaganda campaign" to sell the war and accuses Karl Rove and Scooter Libby of meeting in secret during the Plamegate scandal in order to get their stories straight. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Scooter Libby Takes Another One for the Team

Staff / Truthdig Mar 21, 2008 Poor I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. First, he was tossed under the bus in the kerfuffle over Valerie Plame's identity leak. Now, as a result of same, Libby's been stripped of his legal license in Washington, D.C. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Case of the Missing E-Mails

Marie Cocco / Truthdig Feb 28, 2008 The mystery of the missing White House e-mails is likely never to be solved, its plot so convoluted that even Henry Waxman, the dogged House investigator who has brought to light such unseemliness as contracting scandals in Iraq reconstruction, seems to be flummoxed. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Scooter Libby Cries Uncle

Staff / Truthdig Dec 11, 2007 I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby has made the "tactical" decision to drop his appeal. After all, why spend millions of dollars in legal fees when you still have friends in high places? President Bush earlier commuted Libby's sentence, keeping the former Cheney aide out of prison but leaving him with a criminal record and a fine. The White House won't comment on whether Bush intends to pardon Libby. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Perino: Bush Didn’t Lie to McClellan

Staff / Truthdig Nov 27, 2007 Turns out that the current White House press secretary, Dana Perino (pictured), has broached the uncomfortable topic (considering her position) of Scott McClellan's upcoming book. Unsurprisingly, Perino reported in an off-camera moment during Monday's White House press briefing that Bush never knowingly misinformed McClellan. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ex-Press Secretary Claims Team Bush Deceived Him in Plame Case

Staff / Truthdig Nov 21, 2007 There has been no shortage of tell-all books from former Bushies (paging George Tenet), but the latest one, by former White House spokesman Scott McClellan, is a real bombshell -- primarily because McClellan alleges that the president, the vice president and three other high-ranking officials allowed him to pass "false information" about the Valerie Plame CIA identity leak case to the press. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Daily Show’: Valerie Plame Wilson’s Covert Bosom

Staff / Truthdig Nov 1, 2007 Say what you want about the serious news function of satirical shows like "The Daily Show" in today's treacherous media landscape, but only those, like Jon Stewart, operating in the Comedy Central orbit can get away with asking ex-CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson if her breasts "are still working for the CIA." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )