NATIONAL JOURNAL: Libby Says Bush Authorized Leaks (04/06/2006):
"I. Lewis 'Scooter' Libby testified to a federal grand jury that he had received 'approval from the President through the Vice President' to divulge portions of a National Intelligence Estimate regarding Saddam Hussein's purported efforts to develop nuclear weapons, according to the court papers. Libby was said to have testified that such presidential authorization to disclose classified information was 'unique in his recollection,' the court papers further said. Libby also testified that an administration lawyer told him that Bush, by authorizing the disclosure of classified information, had in effect declassified the information. Legal experts disagree on whether the president has the authority to declassify information on his own."

Bush probably didn't even realize he did this. This is very telling of the way secrets, lies, and truth are co-mingled, switched around, classified, de-classified, trumped up, toned down, massaged and manipulated any way you need by this adminstration to the point where they themselves have no idea what the facts are. Most of the stuff they classified is bogus to begin with, so what's the harm in declassifying something whenever it is convenient for our purposes is apparently their thinking. Way to go Mr. President!