2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, April 7, 2006 NATION/WORLD Libby: Bush OK'd CIA leak Former Cheney aide tells court that president authorized him through VP to leak intelligence WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice Pres- ident Dick Cheney's former top aide told prosecutors that President Bush authorized a leak of sensitive intelli- gence information about Iraq, accord- ing to court papers filed by prosecutors in the CIA leak case. The filing by Special Counsel Pat- rick Fitzgerald also describes Cheney's involvement in I. Lewis Libby's com- munications with the press. There was no indication in the filing that either Bush or Cheney authorized Libby to disclose Valerie Plame's CIA identity. But it points to Cheney as one of the originators of the idea that Plame could be used to discredit her husband, Bush adminis- tration critic Joseph Wilson. Before his indictment, Libby testi- fied to the grand jury investigating the CIA leak that Cheney told him to pass on prewar intelligence on Iraq and that it was Bush who authorized the disclo- sure, the court papers say. According to the documents, the authorization led to the July 8, 2003, conversation between Libby and New York Times reporter Judith Miller. In that meeting, Libby made reference to the fact that Wilson's wife worked for the CIA. According to Fitzgerald's court fil- ing, Cheney, in conversation with Libby, raised the question of whether a CIA- sponsored trip by Wilson "was legiti- mate or whether it was in effect a junket set up by Mr. Wilson's wife." The disclosure in documents filed Wednesday means that the president and the vice president put Libby in play as a secret provider of informa- tion to reporters about prewar intelli- gence on Iraq. Presidential spokesman Scott McClel- lan said yesterday the White House would have no comment on the ongoing investigation. At a congressional hear- ing, Attorney General Alberto Gonza- les said the president has the "inherent authority to decide who should have classified information." Libby is asking for voluminous amounts of classified information from the government in order to defend himself against five counts of perjury, obstruction and lying to the FBI in the Plame affair. He is accused of making false state- ments about how he learned of Plame's CIA employment and what he told reporters about it. Bush's political foes jumped on the revelation about Libby's testimony. "The fact that the president was will- ing to reveal classified information for political gain and put the interests of his political party ahead of America's security shows that he can no longer be trusted to keep America safe," Demo- cratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean said. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY.) said, "The more we hear, the more it is clear this goes way beyond Scooter Libby. At the very least, President Bush and Vice President Cheney should fully inform the American people of any role in allowing classified information to be leaked." Libby's testimony indicates both the president and the vice president autho- rized leaks. Bush and Cheney both have long said they abhor that practice, so much so that the administration has put in motion criminal investigations to hunt down leakers. The most recent instance is the administration's launching of a probe into who disclosed to The New York Times the existence of the warrantless domestic surveillance program. NEWS IN BRIEF:' M ALEXANDRIA, Va. Jury hears accounts of 9/11 orphans The stories and photos of three young girls, all of whom lost parents in the Sept. 11 attack at the World Trade Center, brought witnesses to tears and vis- ibly affected jurors yesterday at the death penalty trial of al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui. Opening the second phase of the sentencing trial - in which jurors will decide whether Moussaoui deserves execution or life in prison - prosecutors played videos of the two hijacked jetliners hitting the gleaming towers. Prosecutors also showed videos of people plunging more than 80 stories to their deaths, punctuating their presentation with family photos of loved ones. Each hour the emotional impact grew. Former New York Mayor Rudolph Guiliani retold the now-familiar tale of his own harrowing experience in debris-choked lower Manhattan on Sept. 11, 2001. But it was not until he spoke of the daughter of one of his closest aides, Beth Petrone Hatton, that Guiliani's voice quaked and broke. Firefighter Terence Hatton - who earned 19 medals in 21 years - died without knowing his wife was pregnant. *1 U.S. Border Patrol Agent Carlos Galvan, second left, fingerprints illegal immigrants at a processing center in Nogales, Ariz., yesterday. Senate uni'tes on im-migration bil BAGHDAD Embattled PM vows to pursue second term Iraq's embattled prime minister vowed yesterday to pursue his bid for a second term despite pressure from home and abroad to step down, signaling no early end to the standoff blocking a crucial national unity government. Shiite politicians suggested they may turn to Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the sole figure with the authority to make a decision that risks shattering Shiite unity. In a brutal reminder of the stakes if Iraqi leaders cannot reverse the slide toward chaos, a car bomb exploded yesterday in the country's most sacred Shiite city, Najaf, killing 10 people and wounding more than 30. Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari told reporters he would relinquish his man- date only if parliament refuses to approve him or if the seven groups within the Shiite alliance withdraw their nomination, which he won by a single vote in a caucus in February. *1 Democrats and Republicans join forces in attempt to advance compromise legislation WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Republicans and Democrats closed in on a last-minute compromise yesterday on legislation opening the way to legal status and eventual citizenship for many of the 11 million immigrants living in the United States illegally. President Bush praised the lawmak- ers' efforts, noting the details were unfinished, and encouraged them "to work hard and get the bill done." Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said he had been assured the president supports the emerging measure. As outlined, it would provide for enhanced border security, regulate the future flow of immigrants into the United States and offer legalized status to the millions of men, women and chil- dren in the country unlawfully. "We've had a huge breakthrough" overnight, said Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada, the Dem- ocratic leader, agreed, but cautioned that the agreement had not yet been sealed. Even so, the presence of both leaders at a celebratory news conference under- lined the expectation that the Senate could pass the most sweeping immigra- tion bill in two decades, and act before leaving on a long vacation at the end of the week. The developments marked a turn- around from Wednesday, when it appeared negotiations had faltered. The key sticking point involved the 11 mil- lion illegal immigrants in the country, and the struggle to provide them an opportunity to gain legal status with- out exposing lawmakers to the politi- cal charge that they were advocating amnesty for lawbreakers. While final details were not avail- able, in general, the compromise would require illegal immigrants who have been in the United States between two years and five years to return to their home country briefly, then re-enter as temporary workers. They could then begin a process of seeking citizenship. Illegal immigrants here longer than five years would not be required to return home; those in the country less than two years would be required to leave without assurances of returning,. and take their place in line with others seeking entry papers. Standing before television cameras after an appearance yesterday in Char- lotte, N.C., Bush said he was pleased that Republicans and Democrats were working together. Lost gospel presents Judas as Jesus' s favorite WASH INGTON McKinney apologizes for Capitol police scuffle Rep. Cynthia McKinney reversed course and apologized yesterday for an alter- cation in which she entered a Capitol building unrecognized, refused to stop when asked by a police officer and then hit him. "I am sorry that this misunderstanding happened at all and I regret its escalation, and I apologize," McKinney (D-Ga.) said during a brief appearance on the House floor. "There should not have been any physical contact in this incident." The grand jury investigation into whether to seek assault or other charges was continuing. It was unclear what impact the McKinney apology might have. WASHINGTON Senior House Republican criticizes Gonzales The Republican chairman of the House Judiciary Committee pointedly criticized Attorney General Alberto Gonzales yesterday for "stonewalling" by refusing to answer questions about the Bush administration's warrantless eavesdropping program. Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) said Gonzales was frustrating his pan- el's oversight of the Justice Department and the controversial surveillance by declining to provide information about how the program is reviewed inside the administration and by whom. "How can we discharge our oversight if, every time we ask a pointed question, we're told the program is classified?" Sensenbrenner asked Gonzales near the start of a lengthy hearing on the department's activities. "I think that ... is stonewalling." - Compiled from Daily wire reports CORRECTIONS A story on yesterday's front page (BAMN clashes with MCRIdirector) misstated the number of people who signed a petition to put the Michigan Civil Rights Iniative on November's ballot as 800,000. About 500,000 signed the petition. Please report any error in the Daily to corrections@michigandaily.com. Ancient text says Judas, reviled by Christians as a 'traitor, turned Jesus in at his own request WASHINGTON (AP) - For 2,000 years Judas has been reviled for betray- ing Jesus. Now a newly translated ancient document seeks to tell his side of the story. The "Gospel of Judas" tells a far dif- ferent tale from the four gospels in the New Testament. It portrays Judas as a favored disciple who was given special knowledge by Jesus - and who turned him in at Jesus' request. "You will be cursed by the other gen- erations - and you will come to rule over them," Jesus tells Judas in the docu- ment made public yesterday. The text, one of several ancient docu- ments found in the Egyptian desert in 1970, was preserved and translated by a team of scholars. It was made public in an English translation by the National Geographic Society. Religious and lay readers alike will debate the meaning and truth of the man- uscript. But it does show the diversity of beliefs in early Christianity, said Marvin Meyer, professor of Bible studies at Chapman University in Orange, Calif. The text, in the Coptic language, was dated to about the year 300 and is a copy of an earlier Greek version. A "Gospel of Judas" was first men- tioned around A.D. 180 by Bishop Ire- naeus of Lyon, in what is now France. The bishop denounced the manuscript as heresy because it differed from main- stream Christianity. The actual text had been thought lost until this discovery. Elaine Pagels, a professor of reli- gion at Princeton University, said, "The people who loved, circulated and wrote down these gospels did not think they were heretics." Added Rev. Donald Senior, president of the Catholic Theological Union of Chicago: "Let a vigorous debate on the significance of this fascinating ancient text begin." Senior expressed doubt that the new gospel will rival the New Testament but allowed that opinions are likely to vary. Craig Evans, a professor at Acadia Divinity College in Nova Scotia, Cana- da, said New Testament explanations for Judas' betrayal range from money to the influence of Satan. "Perhaps more now can be said," he commented. The document "implies that Judas only did what Jesus wanted him to do." Christianity in the ancient world was much more diverse than it is now, with a number of gospels circulating in addition to the four that were finally collected into the New Testament, noted Bart Ehrman, chairman of religious studies at the Uni- versity of North Carolina. Eventually, one point of view pre- vailed and the others were declared heresy, he said, including the Gnostics who believed that salvation depended on secret knowledge that Jesus imparted, particularly to Judas. In Cairo, the editor of the Coptic weekly "Watani," Youssef Sidhom, did not want to make an immediate judg- ment on the manuscript. Bush defends war, but admits mistakes 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com President says he won't let politicians force military decisions as they did in Vietnam era CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - In friendly territory, President Bush still found himself on the defensive yester- day over the Iraq war, high gas prices, the federal deficit and anti-terrorism measures. One man bluntly told Bush he should be ashamed. Bush defended his decision - increasingly unpopular three years afterward - to go to war. It would be "a huge mistake," Bush said, to bring troops home now amid the violence and political uncertainty in Iraq. He said he would brook no repeat of the divisive Vietnam-era debate that led to politicians forcing decisions that were not driven by the military. "During the Vietnam War, there was a lot of politicization of the military deci- sions." the president told a forum hosted by the nonpartisan World Affairs Coun- cil of Charlotte. "That's not going to be the case under my administration." The president basked in this Repub- lican-leaning town's sunny weather and warm reception. Like a talk-show host, he roamed the stage with a micro- phone. He shed his suit jacket after his opening remarks and took 10 questions that the White House said had not been screened in advance. One woman praised his political courage and requested a picture, a man promised prayers and another passed on the thanks of an Iraqi friend. The applause was so frequent, Bush kept cutting it off. But he also got a few challenges from the audience, assembled by the coun- cil and Central Piedmont Community College, the site of the event. One woman asked about the growth in the government's annual budget def- icit under his watch. A teacher wanted to know how he was countering the perception of a go-it-alone foreign pol- icy so that other nations would join the fight against terrorism. Another woman asked him to choose between economic growth, defusing threats posed by North Korea and Iran, and peace between Israelis and Palestinians. "Whew," said Bush. "That's not the way life works. You can do more than one thing at one time." By far the most pointed critique came after Bush called on a man who had been waving so wildly from the balcony that the president had joked he was the crowd's "squeaky wheel." "I'm not your favorite guy," Bush said, as the man who later identified himself as Harry Taylor began reeling off grievances. Taylor cited Bush's opposition, in most cases, to a woman's right to an abortion; his environmental stances; his support for holding terrorism suspects without charges; and his authorization of tapping phones without warrants. DoNN M. 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