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To: skinowski who wrote (117633)	10/25/2003 10:25:16 PM
From: Bilow	Respond to of 281500

Hi shinowksi; Re: "I would guess that the leak was deliberate, btw." All leaks are deliberate. Or maybe you're thinking what I am, which is that Rumsfeld wrote the memo knowing that it would be leaked. My guess is that the rumors that Rumsfeld is going to be fired after Nov 2004 are true, or at least true enough, and he wrote the memo so as to make Bush look silly for all the pollyanna talk. One piece of evidence in favor of this is that nasty blowup Rumsfeld had when he found out that Rice was taking over in Iraq: Rumsfeld says he wasn't consulted on Iraq policy shakeup October 8, 2003 ... The memo, which was leaked to the New York Times, established an NSC-led Iraq Stabilization Group to oversee a broad range of issues involving the US-led occupation, which previously was directed almost exclusively by the Pentagon. ... Asked why the shift was necessary, the defense secretary brusquely replied: "I said I don't know. Isn't that clear? You don't understand English? I was not there," the Financial Times reported. ... metimes.com -- Carl