I'm leaning toward politics and back rooms dealings
Democrats don't give a hoot about national security .. for if they did .. they wouldn't be running to the NYT and WP with all their leaks
If I were in the Bush Administration I would highly recommend ousting Scott McClellan from Press Secretary and instead go with a "pool of press reps" and have people like General Peter Pace, General Honore, Russ Limbaugh, VP Dick Cheney, and Rudy Guiliani each take the job 1 day per week. These are all great first responders to the idiot media we currently have and would enhance the administrations job tremendously!