The Beginning of the End?

by Arianna Huffington

I want to underline the importance of the news story at the top of our page, about Dick Cheney authorizing the leaking of classified information. This proves just how far the White House was willing to go to back up its deceptive claims about why we needed to go to war in Iraq.

The great protectors of our country were so concerned about covering their lies they were willing to pass out highly classified information to reporters. And remember -- and this is the key -- it's not partisan Democrats making this claim; it's not Bush-bashing conspiracy theorists, or bloggers reading the Aspen roots. This information is coming from special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald as filed in court papers. This is major. Stay tuned...