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April 06, 2006

Are All Leaks Created Equal?

Leak classified information on the Bush administration's NSA wiretapping program, and you'll be investigated and, if caught, prosecuted.

Leak classified (phony) information about Iraq's alleged WMDs in order to bolster the administration's case for murdering Iraqis, and it's A-OK. In fact, the president will give you the go-ahead to do so.

At least that's what "Scooter" Libby says he was told to do:

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

Before his indictment, I. Lewis Libby testified to the grand jury investigating the CIA leak that Cheney told him to pass on information and that it was Bush who authorized the disclosure, 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.

All leaks are not created equal.

Posted by Mike Tennant at April 6, 2006 01:43 PM

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