TIGERHAWK: “All along, I assumed that the leak to the New York Times of the summary findings of the National Intelligence Estimate was just another chapter in the permanent bureaucracy’s continuing war against the Bush administration’s foreign policy. After all, I assumed, why would a Democratic operative be so stupid as to work directly with the New York Times on such a story? It’s an election year, and the Democrats are struggling to portray themselves as trustworthy on matters of national security. Nothing would look worse than a calculated leak of intelligence findings that — while doing damage to the president politically — would give hope and comfort to the enemy. Silly me.”

UPDATE: Ace has more thoughts.