sure it does. definitely power, i'm sure i could link the money somehow. might take more than 6 degrees though. On another note, after watch Bush's interviews with Matt Lauer, i have alot more respect for the man.
George W. Bush: waterboarding saved London from attacks | The Times so, at least according to Pres Bush, It kept the people who would have been involved safer. I doubt we will get any independent proof to backup up this claim. However, personally, I believe him.
Decision Points | msnbc.com here is the whole interview. So far I am really liking it. Maybe I will buy the book.
i wont. evidently he doesnt discuss the two most important issues of his tenure---financial bubble and wmd in iraq.
He discusses both in the interview, which is just questions from the book. So i would say at lease some discussion on both those topics are in the book.
This part is covered early in the book. First off, he didn't pardon Libby and Cheney was pissed at him for not doing so. Also, Libby did not out Valerie Plame. Robert Novak did and he got the information from Richard Armitage who admitted it shortly after the special prosecutor, Paul Fitzgerald, began his investigation into the matter. The fact that he knew Libby wasn't guilty didn't matter to Fitzgerald since this was a partisan witch hunt. Two years later, he indicted (and convicted) Scooter Libby for perjury and obstruction of justice. Libby was guilty so Bush refused to pardon him. He did, however, commute his 30 month prison sentence.
Armitage was the primary source. But Karl Rove and Libby admitted confirming it. None were punished. Partisan? The republican prosecutor was appointed by the Bush Justice Department after a CIA request in 2003 when all of US government was in Republican hands. Bush stated unequivocally on September 30, 2003, that if there had been "a leak" from his administration about Plame, "I want to know who it is... and if the person has violated law, the person will be taken care of." Silly us, we thought that meant the perpetrator would be punished instead of having his sentence commuted.
