[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 17204]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     BAD HABITS OF THE WHITE HOUSE

  (Mr. CROWLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CROWLEY. Mr. Speaker, the White House read the 9/11 Commission 
report. They know how damaging it is going to be, so they leaked the 
Sandy Berger story to distract attention away from this report.
  This is a bad habit of this White House. They leak a story to change 
the subject when they are in deep political trouble. They leaked the 
identity of a CIA agent whose husband criticized this administration. 
They leaked Dick Clarke's memo when he criticized them. And they leaked 
documents to discredit Paul O'Neill after he criticized them.
  The timing here, unfortunately, again, is very suspicious. We need 
some answers here. Can we trust this Justice Department to investigate 
fairly and impartially who leaked this? And why is this administration 
trying to distract the American people again from the 9/11 Commission 
report, a commission that this White House did not support the creation 
thereof or the continuation of this commission? And most importantly, 
does this administration trust the American people with the truth? I 
think not.

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