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Bush said today that he would declassify the NIE in a press conference. In the clip that I heard, he slammed the leakers for being politically motivated, then he announces that he is leaking the whole darn thing to quell the storm!!! The irony is delicious.

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The irony is in your post, as usual. It isnt a "leak" by definition.

There was another politically motivated leak of an April intelligence memo before the 2002 elections, I cant recall the topic. He was severely criticized for not defusing the issue by declassifying that one. At least he learns from his mistakes.