Excerpt from press conference on 12-19-05:
Q - Mr. President, thank you, sir. Are you going to order a leaks investigation into the disclosure of the NSA surveillance program?
Pres. Bush - We're at war, and we must protect America's secrets. And so the Justice Department, I presume, will proceed forward with a full investigation. I haven't ordered one, because I understand there's kind of a natural progression that will take place when this kind of leak emerges.
I am glad you posted that...
Some freepers have been assuming, I think, that Bush and the Justice Dept. have done nothing about the previous leaks..
Last week, when they arrested those terrorists in Florida, they mentioned that they had been following them for months and months...
The Justice Dept. HAS to take it's time, and make SURE they have their ducks in a row, before making their actions known.
We don't know yet...but it is possible that the previous cases COULD be about ready to be prosecuted...which might make the White House less inclined to overreact to this one...knowing what is coming later.