WH not seeking probe of intel leak

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WH not seeking probe of intel leak

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- The White House has no plans to seek an investigation of who leaked a report on the Iraq war's impact on terrorism, spokeswoman Dana Perino said Wednesday.

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"The president, to my knowledge, has not made such a request," Perino said. "It is troubling that classified information is leaked.

"A couple of points about -- the intelligence community must have the ability to write frankly and to provide advice to the president, in which they provide both welcome and unwelcome news. And what you don't want to have happen ... is losing that ability of both the intelligence analysts, and then the policymakers using the information that they're getting, to feel like they are hampered in any decision-making because they believe that that information is going to end up in the public and be exploited for political purposes.

"It is curious that this document was finished and provided in April and it doesn't show up until we're in the homestretch of the election."