Bush Orders Staff to Attend Ethics Briefings

From the YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS STUFF UP department:

Bush Orders Staff to Attend Ethics Briefings

White House Counsel to Give 'Refresher' Course

By Jim VandeHei
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, November 5, 2005; Page A02

President Bush has ordered White House staff to attend mandatory briefings beginning next week on ethical behavior and the handling of classified material after the indictment last week of a senior administration official in the CIA leak probe.

And Harriet Miers will be in charge? I'm serious. You can't make this stuff up!

As a result, "the White House counsel's office will conduct a series of presentations next week that will provide refresher lectures on general ethics rules, including the rules of governing the protection of classified information," according to the memo, a copy of which was provided to The Washington Post by a senior White House aide.

Can it possibly get any weirder than this? George W. Popularity-Challenged says:

"I understand that there is a preoccupation by polls by some," the president said.

By some?

Like you and your ethically-challenged cabal, whose only concrete plan to address your administration's ethics deficit last weekend at Camp David was this piss poor plan to conduct REMEDIAL ETHICS LESSONS during the work hours on the taxpayers' dime?

It's pretty damned obvious that the Bush administration never read their beloved Bibles, isn't it?

Next week's meeting is for West Wing aides with security clearance, which allows them to view and discuss sensitive or classified material. Information about Plame was classified. Rove is among those aides who must attend.

If, as every rightwing apologist claims, no one in the White House had anything to do with disclosing the identity of covert CIA agent, Valerie Plame...

Why drag out the power point presentation equipment and require everyone to attend Ethics 101: Do Over seminars next week?

I'm sure there will be bagels, fruit cups, and nice binders full of handouts, too.

Harriet Miers is known for her attention to detail, as well as her love of Jesus.

I hope she passes out Bibles with those bagels.


Exodus 23:1- Do not help a wicked man by being a malicious witness