>If it makes such good sense why was it that President Bush asked the story to be suppressed for more than a year, and why was it only after it went public - over a year after he first knew there was a leaker - that an investigation to find the leaker was started????
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>The founding fathers would have called the position "dictator" if they wanted it to operate as you seem to believe it should.

Sounds like after 12 years or so, you are going to be able to see conservative politics at work in your own backyard; albeit a miniority party government.