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Thursday, October 02, 2003

What did I just say? This is from a Washington Post article about Ashcroft telling the FBI to start the Plame leak investigation quickly:
As pressure built on his aides, Bush joked about the matter. During a roundtable discussion with reporters for African news organizations, he was asked about three reporters in Kenya who were detained this week in what some journalists saw as an effort to intimidate them into revealing sources. The detention drew a condemnation from the International Federation of Journalists, which complained that the government has been harassing and brutalizing journalists. "I'm against leaks," Bush said, to laughter. "I would suggest all governments get to the bottom of every leak of classified information." Turning to a reporter, Martin Mbugua of the Daily Nation, Kenya's largest daily newspaper, Bush said, "By the way, if you know anything, Martin, would you please bring it forward and help solve the problem?" White House counsel Alberto R. Gonzales, who is rarely seen in public, has appeared twice with Bush since the investigation began, including during an East Room celebration yesterday for Hispanic Heritage Month. "Everybody needs to have a good abogado," Bush said, drawing laughter as he used the Spanish word for "lawyer." "I've got a really good one," he added, to more laughter. "Al Gonzales is my lawyer and close friend."

Ha ha. Good one.

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