Washington Post editorial - "A Good Leak." GOP house organ.

[Faygo Kid]

Twist, spin, rotate. The Washington Post, longtime cheerleader for the War in Iraq, now opines rapturously about our wonderful president leaking bad information to a single favored reporter for revenge purposes and then lieing about it for nearly three years. They admonish him for being "clumsy." And criticize the Dems for their "hyperbolic" (greatly exaggerated) charges. That's it. Grotesque.

A Good Leak
President Bush declassified some of the intelligence he used to decide on war in Iraq. Is that a scandal?

Sunday, April 9, 2006; B06

PRESIDENT BUSH was right to approve the declassification of parts of a National Intelligence Estimate about Iraq three years ago in order to make clear why he had believed that Saddam Hussein was seeking nuclear weapons. Presidents are authorized to declassify sensitive material, and the public benefits when they do. But the administration handled the release clumsily, exposing Mr. Bush to the hyperbolic charges of misconduct and hypocrisy that Democrats are leveling. . .
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/08/AR2006040800895.html

[Vinnie From Indy]

1. WaPo Blows!

The veil dropped years ago. They are merely a propaganda outlet for the GOP.

[qanda]

2. Republicans consistently quote the Washington Post and say,

"Not a bastion of liberal beliefs!" It drives me crazy!!!!!!

[gratuitous]

3. Oopsie, little factual error in the lede

Bush didn't declassify parts of the NIE "to make clear why he believed that Saddam Hussein was seeking nuclear weapons." He unilaterally declassified parts of the NIE so that Scooter Libby could leak the information to a favored reporter, Judith Miller of the New York Times and self-proclaimed Queen of all fucking Iraq, so that he could discredit a knowledgeable critic of his administration's false rationalization for launching a pre-emptive invasion.

But other than that teensy-weensy misstatement, I suppose the rest of the story is totally believable and right on. I'd click through, but every time I try to access the entire story, my monitor throws up for some reason.

[femmedem]

4. Unbelievable! I suggest

we send in some Letters to the Editor explaining why yes, it is a scandal. Anyone want to brainstorm some talking points?

[madame defarge]

5. Probably written by ghost writer...Bob Woodward. n/t