Yet Another Misleading Headline

Has the lefties frothing. "Libby Says Bush Authorized Leaks"

Read beyond the headline, though:

Lewis "Scooter" Libby testified to a federal grand jury that he had received "approval from the President through the Vice President" to divulge portions of a National Intelligence Estimate regarding Saddam Hussein's purported efforts to develop nuclear weapons, according to the court papers. Libby was said to have testified that such presidential authorization to disclose classified information was "unique in his recollection," the court papers further said.

So, Bush declassifies something and authorizes it to be told to a reporter. So what. It happens all the time in Washington.

The headline should have read "Business As Usual".

UPDATE: Gateway Pundit  has a lot of detail why this is not what the media wants you to think it is.

UPDATE: Austin Bay has a really nice writeup on this.

UPDATE: Even with the spin in this article, the WaPo has to acknowledge that the President has unquestioned authority to declassify material. About time.