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Bush Press Conference- September 30, 2003
Q Yesterday we were told that Karl Rove had no role in it --
THE PRESIDENT: Yes.
Q -- have you talked to Karl and do you have confidence in him --
THE PRESIDENT: Listen, I know of nobody -- I don't know of anybody in my administration who leaked classified information. If somebody did leak classified information, I'd like to know it, and we'll take the appropriate action. And this investigation is a good thing.
And again I repeat, you know, Washington is a town where there's all kinds of allegations. You've heard much of the allegations. And if people have got solid information, please come forward with it. And that would be people inside the information who are the so-called anonymous sources, or people outside the information -- outside the administration. And we can clarify this thing very quickly if people who have got solid evidence would come forward and speak out. And I would hope they would.
And then we'll get to the bottom of this and move on. But I want to tell you something -- leaks of classified information are a bad thing. And we've had them -- there's too much leaking in Washington. That's just the way it is. And we've had leaks out of the administrative branch, had leaks out of the legislative branch, and out of the executive branch and the legislative branch, and I've spoken out consistently against them and I want to know who the leakers are.
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Q Yesterday we were told that Karl Rove had no role in it --
THE PRESIDENT: Yes.
Q -- have you talked to Karl and do you have confidence in him --
THE PRESIDENT: Listen, I know of nobody -- I don't know of anybody in my administration who leaked classified information. If somebody did leak classified information, I'd like to know it, and we'll take the appropriate action. And this investigation is a good thing.
And again I repeat, you know, Washington is a town where there's all kinds of allegations. You've heard much of the allegations. And if people have got solid information, please come forward with it. And that would be people inside the information who are the so-called anonymous sources, or people outside the information -- outside the administration. And we can clarify this thing very quickly if people who have got solid evidence would come forward and speak out. And I would hope they would.
And then we'll get to the bottom of this and move on. But I want to tell you something -- leaks of classified information are a bad thing. And we've had them -- there's too much leaking in Washington. That's just the way it is. And we've had leaks out of the administrative branch, had leaks out of the legislative branch, and out of the executive branch and the legislative branch, and I've spoken out consistently against them and I want to know who the leakers are.
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Bush Press Conference- February 14, 2007
Q: Thank you, Mr. President.
Sir, we've now learned through sworn testimony that at least three members of your administration other than Scooter Libby leaked Valerie Plame's identity to the media.
None of these three is known to be under investigation.
Without commenting on the Libby trial, then, can you tell us whether you authorized any of these three to do that or
BUSH: I'm not going to talk...
Q: ... whether they were authorized without your permission?
BUSH: Yes, thanks. I'm not going to talk about any of it.
Q: They're not under investigation, though, sir.
BUSH: I'm not going to talk about any of it.
Q: How about pardon, sir? Many people were asking whether you might pardon somebody...
BUSH: I'm not going to talk about it.
Would you like to think of another question? Being the kind man that I am, I will recycle you.
Q: Thank you, Mr. President.
BUSH: You like that one, huh?
Yes, recycling him.
Q: That took care of one of my questions as well, sir.
BUSH: If that's the case, sit down. Next question.
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Q: Thank you, Mr. President.
Sir, we've now learned through sworn testimony that at least three members of your administration other than Scooter Libby leaked Valerie Plame's identity to the media.
None of these three is known to be under investigation.
Without commenting on the Libby trial, then, can you tell us whether you authorized any of these three to do that or
BUSH: I'm not going to talk...
Q: ... whether they were authorized without your permission?
BUSH: Yes, thanks. I'm not going to talk about any of it.
Q: They're not under investigation, though, sir.
BUSH: I'm not going to talk about any of it.
Q: How about pardon, sir? Many people were asking whether you might pardon somebody...
BUSH: I'm not going to talk about it.
Would you like to think of another question? Being the kind man that I am, I will recycle you.
Q: Thank you, Mr. President.
BUSH: You like that one, huh?
Yes, recycling him.
Q: That took care of one of my questions as well, sir.
BUSH: If that's the case, sit down. Next question.
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