[conservative in nyc]

A tempting theory, but it was pretty clear from the Rice interview that this was a sanctioned administration background interview. Someone blew it, big time.

Read the actual Slimes article. The leak likely came from Pakistani intelligence and may have been confirmed AFTER the Slimes article was printed by U.S. intelligence.

[LandOfLincolnGOP]

Read the actual Slimes article.

It's only useful to a point. It was published seven days ago, and since then, a lot has come out (including Rice's statements) to suggest that the leak first came from the administration.