" On December 16, along with the rest of America, I learned that President Bush authorized the National Security Agency to ..."
Well, along with the rest of America except for the large group of Democrats (Reid, Daschle, Pelosi, Rockefeller, etc) that were briefed on the program.
Write this down as speculation, but if I were a betting man, I'd bet that the leak of this new Executive Order comes from the office of Senator Rocky. After all, his office has done this kinda thing before.