At this point it seems evident a couple of things. The State and CIA were full of moles when Bush took office. After losing three months because of that Dem attempt to steal the 2000 election Bush had but a few months to get his act together before 9/11.
He had to appoint Condi to state, Goss to CIA, turnover for Ashcroft, Colin Powell's wishy-washiness, etc. FINALLY it's gotten to the point that these moles are being systematically eliminated.
It's either these former traitors that have been fired from the housecleaning doing the leaking. More likely, as dawn begins to break over our marble heads, it's actual SENATORS from the House of Lords likely doing th leaking, along with a few representatives.
I'm thinking, as with the NY Times, that these leaks have been out there waiting for the right time to spring. Obviously one of the right times was planned right after this December Iraqi election.
They simply don't want us to win this war. Now I must ask why?
All the world, including the two bit thugs in Nigeria was having a field day with Saddam's oil for food. And NO ONE in American knew anything?
Could be that finally getting around to completion of a lot of investigations some names are floating to the top?
Because I've thrown up my hands and refuse to say it's about idealology.
Follow the money.
Much more likley, IMHO. They are the Elite, and the rules don't apply to them. You see the same sort of attitude among the more senior people in most any organization, but at least they think their security rule breaking is "harmless" (writing down combinations in their own personal code for example) and don't deliberately spill their guts to the press so that the enemy can read all about it the next day, or sooner on the internet.