Reply #13: I think the leak was high up in the Bush admin. in order to scare Iran (and everyone else)

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I think this is more likely than a leak from a lower-ranking officer in the AF or anyone else much lower down in the military. In other words, I think the leak was made *not* to stop this foolishness, but just to make it known to everyone else (esp Iran) that Bush almost did it. Bush can scare Iran more easily by being "accidentally" discovered to be moving nukes than with empty threats and innuendo. It's a pretty effective tactic to let the enemy see something that makes them think you were about to blast them. Even if you weren't.

So for all these reasons, I think Bush, or Cheney, gave the orders to move the nukes and then arranged for the leak.