So it says on the Internet today that White House staff members are taking ethics classes, er, attending mandatory briefings, about expected conduct when handling classified material and information. This following the indictment and resignation of "Scooter," the vice president's chief of staff, who allegedly leaked a CIA agent's name to a newspaper reporter, who dutifully and, in my opinion, wrongly, published it. About 3,000 employees in agencies under the Executive branch will attend these classes in the coming weeks.
First of all, these kinds of things should be made clear the second you step foot onto 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., and apparently, most especially to the guys in the big offices. Secondly, it pains me to point this out, but one of those 3,000 employees didn't leak the information. The vice president's chief of staff did. (And allegations suggest the v.p. had a big part of the whole episode.) It seems to me that the wrong people are taking this class. When's Dick's big day in school?
Check out the article at: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051108/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush
And here's a fun e-mail "news" item I received from the parents in-law today:
Bush Presidential Library Destroyed by Flood
CRAWFORD, Texas--A tragic flood this morning destroyed the personal library of President George W. Bush. The flood began in the presidential bathroom, where both of the books were kept. Unfortunately, both books have been lost. A presidential spokesman said the president was devastated, as he had almost finished coloring the second one. The White House tried to call FEMA, but there was no answer.
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