Bush is angry about news leaks again. He can't win the Iraq war so apparently he's declared war on the New York Times. It's really amazing that the press corps doesn't just break in to laughter when Bush gets like sanctimonious on this subject. Bush's top aides leaked national security secrets for partisan political reasons. That kind of leak is perfectly acceptable to the the Bush administration:
President Bush said Monday it was "disgraceful" that the news media had disclosed a secret CIA-Treasury program to track millions of financial records in search of terrorist suspects. The White House accused The New York Times of breaking a long tradition of keeping wartime secrets.It's really amazing that the press corps doesn't just break in to laughter when Bush gets like sanctimonious about leaks.
"The fact that a newspaper disclosed it makes it harder to win this war on terror," Bush said, leaning forward and jabbing his finger during a brief question-and-answer session with reporters in the Roosevelt Room.
