Bush continues to claim that his administration is doing everything to fight terrorism. But his administration's disclosure of the arrest of a suspected terrorist helped other al-Qaeda members escape. The whole story in USA Today.
The White House leaked the secret information to justify raising the terrorist alert level this week, thereby taking attention away from the Democrats and their convention and making it appear as though the Republicans were the ones protecting Americans. In reality their disclosure not only allowed al-Qaeda operatives to escape, but crippled a Pakistani anti-terrorist investigation. The "suspected terrorist" was actually an undercover operative of the Pakistani Intelligence Service working against the terrorist network (More...).
Additionally the Bush administration's leak may have negatively affected a major British anti-terrorism operation. Even our own CIA had also previously used this individual, so the U.S. was no stranger to his efforts and activities. Obviously the Bush White House will use any means or method available to further their own political gain - even if it negatively affects America's security.
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