Tenet: Cheney Is A Liar

According to Crooks and Liars, David Shuster reported on MSNBC this morning that George Tenet said (contrary to recent reports) that he didn't tell Vice President Cheney or his staff about Valerie Plame. He also said he wasn't asked about that by Fitzgerald's people earlier in the investigation.

One of them is lying. Easy money says it's Cheney.

The subject came up at today's White House press briefing. Scott "Ongoing Investigation" McClellan once again demonstrated his world-famous stonewalling skills:

QUESTION: Back in 2003, the Vice President said publicly that he didn't know who sent Joe Wilson on the Niger mission, back in June of 2003 -- or July of 2003 -- when the person who sent him's name first became public. There now seems to be contradictory evidence that, in fact, he did know. Do you know, did he know, did he not know?

SCOTT McCLELLAN: This is a question relating to an ongoing investigation, and we're not having any further comment on the investigation while it's ongoing. That is on all questions relating to the investigation.

[see more of the Q&A at Talking Points Memo]