Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice took to the witness stand for the prosecution in a criminal case against a former CIA officer on trial for leaking details of a top-secret spy program.

CIA leaked information reveals more than Condoleezza would like us to know

Back in 2003 the Bush administration tried to silence a New York Times story that was set to leak a CIA plot to undermine Iran’s nuclear program by secretly providing Tehran with faulty atomic weapon plans.

“I was just following orders” – Condoleezza Rice

Condoleezza told Jurors that her attempt to silence the New York Times from publishing their article came as a direct order from President George W. Bush. She said: “The president and I talked about it and decided I should ask the New York Times leadership to come to the White House for a meeting to discuss why that story should not be published… I certainly understood the [implications] of the White House asking the New York Times not to publish a story. That’s why I talked first to the president about whether we should even do so”.

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