Who leaked Brownie's letter to the press and why?

[Little Star]

Am I the only one who is suspicious about who and why Brownie's letter to WH council was leaked to the press? Who gains by us being informed of this letter and it's contents? Who gains by us knowing that Brownie was trying to blackmail the WH? I understand that no one here can really answer these questions but isn't anyone curious?

To me it smells like a Rove scam.

[EFerrari]

1. Rove can't lose here. If we blame Brownie, it's better for Bush

If we don't blame him, Rove has lost nothing.

[Just Me]

2. Brown gains.

Where are you getting the "blackmail the WH" thing from? Now, THAT sounds Rovian, to me.

[Little Star]

4. Brown's letter said

something to the effect....
Give me executive privilege because I am now just a citizen and pay for my attorney or I'm going to tell all. Sounds like a blackmail or extortion threat to me.

[applegrove]

7. Sounds like they wanted to make him the villain. Just means they hired

an idiot to run FEMA. We already knew that.

[applegrove]

3. Anything that changes the "context" is better for Bush. Right now

KATRINA sits in all our minds - as the most callous example of neocon thinking. If they start blaming each other (FEMA & DHS) all the better for the WH.

[MrBenchley]

5. Whoever did it, I think it backfired....

If the WH leaked it to try to make it sound like they had nothing to hide, it failed.

If Brown leaked it as a sympathy ploy, it failed.

Mostly what it does is confirm extortion tactics are common in the GOP and that the claims of "executive privelege" arre just used as a cheap cover-up....which many people already suspected.

[bigbrother05]

6. Brownies Lawyer released it

But I suspect it is to take the heat off of something else going on.
Maybe Cheney's involvement in Plame outing.
Or the Russell Building scam