How much longer?

Libby Says Bush OK'd Leaks, Filing Alleges By PETE YOST, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby apparently had serious qualms about leaking classified intelligence to the press, but he was quickly persuaded to drop them. There was pressure from his boss, Vice President Dick Cheney, who advised him that the president had authorized Libby to do so. End of discussion. [Yahoo News]

At this point, we may never know who is telling the truth, who is lying and who is covering up for whom. However, there is a certain amount of reasonable doubt being generated in my mind. President Bush may have authorized the leak and it would not surprise me if he had, but I am more inclined to believe that the President had no knowledge, either of the leak, the source or the material leaked and the Vice President is the one pulling the strings on this particular embarrassment. This is not to absolve the President. I have no doubt that embarrassing any critic of the administration is top on his agenda and I also believe that Cheney is very much in charge of that part of the operation.

However, if the President not only knew, but authorized it, then he should be impeached, removed from office, along with his Vice President and then brought up on criminal charges like any one else that discloses classified information. Not, that this is ever likely to happen. After all, this President has never knowingly lied.