I don't have to go to the liberal blogs to know they're jumping all over the news that Scooter Libby has said that President Bush approved the leaking of intelligence information to the media. Of course, while the issue up to this point has been the leaking of Valerie Plame's identity, no where is it said that the disclosure of her identity was ever authorized by President Bush or Vice President Cheney.

That being said, the information that was reportedly released-a document regarding Iraq's attempts to obtain uranium-the President has the authority to declassify information anyways, so, whether or not classified information was leaked in this case is a moot point.

In addition, it has neither been proven that Plame was in fact covert, or that her position in the CIA (and the revelation thereof) had any impact whatsoever on national security. It's quite humorous reading various criticisms by Democrats lambasting President Bush over this so-called leak, considering when classified information that did have a direct impact on national security was leaked. Were the Democrats outraged when the details of the NSA terrorist surveillance program was leaked and reported by The New York Times. Nope.

Just another case of Democrats trying to make a mountain out of a molehill.

By Matt Margolis at 07:57 PM



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