US investigates Bush spying leak

"The US justice department has opened an inquiry into how information about President George Bush's secret spying programme was leaked, officials say."

"The investigation is expected to focus on how the New York Times newspaper obtained the information."

Umm, ok, it is a crime to release classified information to the press/public, and should be investigated. But how about the more serious implication of that leak, you know, the part about the President exceeding his authority? We already know for a fact that they had this story, and kept it to themselves for a year. We know for a fact that Bush knew they knew, because he asked them to keep it quiet. The question is; why did Bush wait so long to try and find the leak when he first learned of it, a year ago? If it's serious enough now to investigate, why not back then?

Why isn't the Justice Department investigating Bushs' abuse of authority? Since Bush has presented no adequate legal defense that proves he was legally allowed to authorize the spying, then it's very likely that it was an illegal act that warrants investigation. Simply saying he wanted to, and will continue, supposedly to "keep us safe", simply isn't good enough. This isn't party politics as usual, this is about his usurpation of dictatorial powers that simply cannot be allowed to stand. Not to mention all his other well documented crimes.

For some odd reason, I feel that his crimes are far more serious and in urgent need of criminal investigation, than the leaking of just one of his crimes. Crimes that also include, by the way, his administrations' leaking to the press, specifically the New York Times, faulty classified information that promoted his cause for going into Iraq.

Or am I just asking too much!