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White House Calls For Paul O’Neill Investigation

HeadlineJan 13, 2004

The U.S. Treasury Department has announced it will investigate whether former Treasurer Secretary Paul O’Neill illegally disclosed internal documents from the Bush administration to reporters. O’Neill came public this week saying Bush decided to invade Iraq and overthrow Saddam Hussein’s government almost as soon as he took office. O’Neill, who also served as a member of the National Security Council, says the administration never had evidence that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. And O’Neill said during cabinet meetings Bush acted like “a blind man in a room full of deaf people.” One of the internal documents O’Neill showed reporters revealed that the Bush administration was considering how to split up Iraqis oil supply months before the Sept. 11 attacks. O’Neill is the highest-ranking official to part ways publicly with Bush. Regarding the Treasury Department probe, the political website TalkingPointsMemo.com notes that it took the Bush administration 74 days to announce an investigation about who within the White House outted the CIA operative Valerie Plame to reporters. Meanwhile It took the administration less than one day to announce an investigation of Paul O’Neill for possibly revealing secret information.

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