Justice Dept. Probing Who Revealed Bush’s Eavesdropping Operation

They are investigating the leak, not the criminals who committed the crime.

Reuters December 30, 2005 at 10:56 AM
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The U.S. Justice Department has launched an investigation to determine who disclosed a secret NSA eavesdropping operation approved by President George W. Bush after the September 11 attacks, officials said on Friday.

"We are opening an investigation into the unauthorized disclosure of classified materials related to the NSA," one official said.

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