"Defendant [Libby} testified that the vice president 
    later advised him that the president had authorized 
    defendant to disclose the relevant portions of the NIE," 
    the prosecution filing said.

    Mr. Libby told the grand jury that he also sought the 
    advice of the legal counsel to the vice president, David 
    Addington, who indicated that Mr. Bush's permission to 
    disclose the estimate "amounted to a declassification of 
    the document," according to the new court papers....

    Mr. Bush's alleged instruction to release the conclusions 
    of the intelligence estimate appears to have been squarely
    within his authority and Mr. Fitzgerald makes no argument 
    that it was illegal.