Department of the ugly <$NoAd$>truth ...

If there is a leak out of my administration, I want to know who it is. And if the person has violated law, the person will be taken care of ... I want to know the truth. If anybody has got any information inside our administration or outside our administration, it would be helpful if they came forward with the information so we can find out whether or not these allegations are true and get on about the business.

George W. Bush on the Plame Investigation
University of Chicago
September 30, 2003

And then more recently...

We have let the earth-movers roll in over this one (i.e. the Plame investigation).

"Senior White House official"
Financial Times
December 5th, 2003

If you slap the press around enough and keep your people's mouths shut you usually get what you want.

Usually ...