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The Washington Post editorial board.

PRESIDENT BUSH was right to approve the declassification of parts of a National Intelligence Estimate about Iraq three years ago in order to make clear why he had believed that Saddam Hussein was seeking nuclear weapons. Presidents are authorized to declassify sensitive material, and the public benefits when they do. But the administration handled the release clumsily, exposing Mr. Bush to the hyperbolic charges of misconduct and hypocrisy that Democrats are leveling.

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The material that Mr. Bush ordered declassified established, as have several subsequent investigations, that Mr. Wilson was the one guilty of twisting the truth. In fact, his report supported the conclusion that Iraq had sought uranium.

As many commenters on post.blog point out, that last sentence is entirely bogus and contradicted by one of the Post's front page articles published on the same day. Jane Hamsher has a vitriolic rebuttal of Hiatt's bullshit. The media is as guilty as Bush for passing along his lies and not defending this country.