White House Tries to Quell Anger Over Leak Claim

David Stout of the New York Times reports:

The White House tried today to quell the furor over the leaking of sensitive pre-war intelligence on Iraq, as President Bush's spokesman insisted that the president had the authority to declassify and release information "in the public interest" and had never done so for political reasons. Read more.

Photo credit: Scott McClellan, President Bush's spokesman, insisted that any release of information was "in the public interest." (Doug Mills/The New York Times)

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