I agree with Obama, leaking is a firing offense, assuming the person fired isn’t a fall guy for a failed plan of ‘orchestrated leaking’.
THE PRESIDENT: “I think I am angrier than Bob Gates about it, partly because we have these deliberations in the Situation Room for a reason – because we are making decisions that are life-and-death, that affect how our troops will be able to operate in a theater of war. For people to be releasing information during the course of deliberation — where we haven’t made final decisions yet — I think is not appropriate.”
CHIP REID: “Firing offense??”
THE PRESIDENT: “Absolutely”
Do I think Obama was/is dithering? Absolutely.
Am I worried about his decision making ability? You bet.
All that said, unauthorized leaks should be a fire-able(sp) offense.
