From: "Rich Gauszka" 


"George J. Sherwood"  wrote in
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> Rich Gauszka wrote:
>
>>
>> http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=1813491&page=2
>> Sept. 30, 2003: Bush : "There are too many leaks of classified
>> information
>> in Washington. . And if there's a leak out of the administration, I want
>> to know who it is. And if a person violated the law, the person will be
>> taken care of."
>>
>>
>>
>> So, the White House is now bracing itself for charges of hypocrisy.
>
> Reread the last sentence.  So when is a leak not a leak?  When it is
> properly declassified.  I don't see the story here.  I don't see any part
> where it connects the President to the Plame leak.  As an answer to the
> charges being leveled by Joe Wilson the President authorized the release
> of
> some classified information from the NIE.  Many Presidents have authorized
> the release to classified information to support a position some even from
> the NIE, this just doesn't seem to be a new story to me.  Of course I am
> sure the charge back will be that this was "political", but
I am not sure
> what isn't that comes from politicians.  What Joe Wilson was putting out
> was also politics.
>
> George

While I agree that Bush has the power to declassify  I'll also state that
was a tacky/Mickey Mouse ( apologies to all rodents )  use of the
procedure. It is a news story even for that purpose only.

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