Playing with Al Qaeda intel again

The WaPo reports on its frontpage that leaks out of the Bush administration burned the SITE Institute which has cultured web sources that let it know that there was a Bin Laden tape coming out last month.

The NYSun dutifully reports the same "burned" story, leaving out the outside sourcing, the role of the White House, and the first "leak" which occurred on the Fox News website.

But maybe we should point out the bigger context. This "leak" conveniently put the news of a Bin Laden tape out ahead of Petraeus' testimony on Iraq.

(Also interesting that this administration undermining story hits the press right as the Dem Congress considers the NSA/wiretapping legislation.)