Pres. Authorized Leak

It appears that Bush likes it when things are leaked to the media, at least things he approved. When his secret spying on Americans was leaked to the media he went off about how they were endangering the nation, but when it comes to pre-war intelligence it's leaks away.

Vice President Dick Cheney's former top aide told prosecutors President Bush authorized the leak of sensitive intelligence information about Iraq, according to court papers filed by prosecutors in the CIA leak case.

...But the disclosure in documents filed Wednesday means that the president and the vice president put Libby in play as a secret provider of information to reporters about prewar intelligence on Iraq.

The authorization came as the Bush administration faced mounting criticism about its failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, the main reason the president and his aides had given for justifying the invasion of Iraq.- AP

posted by Sarai @ 11:24 AM