According to other stuff I've read today he consulted with the Justice Department and "senior members of Congress" before implementing it.
I believe this is a clear example of the double-crosses that result from trusting "senior members of Congress," whether Democrat or RINO, with sensitive, leakable information. Democrats and RINOs like Specter put their own political survival and hatred of Bush ahead of the American people. I hope the President makes that point in his speech Sunday. This leak is part of a carefully orchestrated effort to set the President up for impeachment.
This president has been very good at turning the enemy's weapons against them.