The MSM and the blogosphere is abuzz with the news about Bush authorizing the leak of classified intelligence to justify his case for going to war in Iraq. It’s interesting this story came out today not long before Kerry spoke on the Senate floor calling for “two important deadlines for Iraq.”

John Kerry on the news that President Authorized the Leak of Classified Intelligence to Justify Case for War:

“The buck doesn’t stop anywhere with this White House. Now we know why the president hasn’t been straight with Americans.

Two and a half years ago, President Bush said, ‘If there is a leak out of my administration, I want to know who it is.’ He said he’d fire whoever leaked classified information, and now we know the President himself authorized it.

Now we know that the president’s search for the leaker needs to go no further than a mirror. It’s time for the White House to stop hiding behind legalese and start telling the truth.”

AP News reports that both Bush and Cheney authorized I. Lewis Libby “to launch a counterattack of leaks against administration critics on Iraq by feeding intelligence information to reporters, according to court papers citing the aide’s testimony in the CIA leak case.”

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