By Flo Ginsburg Santa Monica
President Bush didn’t “just” leak Valerie Plames’ name and position. For two years he caused enormous taxpayer funds to be spent on what turns out to be a wild goose chase.
We taxpayers paid investigators, attorneys, stenographers and a myriad of professionals to “find” who leaked the information.
For years Bush caused these expenditures for no reason whatsoever, except to imply he was not involved.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 12, 2006. Read the original PDF.