[Shermy]

I thought the lame way he tried to deflect fault from himself made his story about why he was told more plausible - ie, his lie was not about his sources, but about his conduct afterward.

He said the first person to tell him was done casually duing a long discussion...indicating perhaps it was a friend of his...who might have been currying favor, but assumed he wouldn't tell.

Then another "senior admin. official" confirmed it with a "oh you know about that" comment.

Then a third confirmed, the CIA official.

The "leak" might have been more negligent than purposeful. But maybe not.

Do you have a link to that BBC article???

[mewzilla]

Ask and you shall receive (though it took me a while. Decaffeinating's a $%#@^).

For one of the the Beeb articles, this one was the one that sprang to mind immediately, click here.

And note the date of the article.