Bush's latest mess

The liberal media is fanning the charge that George Bush leaked classified information for crass political reasons according to Grand Jury testimony given by Scooter Libby prior to his indictment for lying to prosecutors in the Valerie Plame case. This is nonsense, as far as I can determine. In the first place the President of the United States has complete control over what is classified information. If he wants to declassify something and release it (in whatever manner), it is not illegal and not even inappropriate. The charge is that it is inappropriate if done for political reasons. In this case, a political hack by the name of Wilson attacked Bush in the New York Times about a statement in the State of the Union Address concerning Iraqii attempts to get nuclear material in Niger. The facts of the attack were deemed by the White House to be at odds with their information so they released intelligence information refuting the charge. This is unfair according to the liberals, the President is not supposed to fight back. Unfortunately, the President has fought back all too seldom and the fact that the office of President of the United States is a political one and politics is one function of the White House should not be too surprising.