By: (AP) The Pentagon has asked the FBI to help investigate who leaked a highly classified planning document involving Iraq, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Thursday.
The FBI has not decided whether to join the leak investigation, Rumsfeld said, adding he would encourage the FBI to get involved.
Rumsfeld ordered the Air Force's Office of Special Investigations to investigate the leak to
The New York Times. The newspaper reported earlier this month on a document outlining how the U.S. military might go about toppling Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.
The unusual leak investigation is the first Rumsfeld has ordered since taking office in January 2001. Rumsfeld said Monday he was angry that someone in the Defense Department would discuss possible war plans.
The head of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Michigan Democrat Carl Levin, told Rumsfeld he agreed with the decision to investigate the leak, which he called "astounding." Rumsfeld testified before Levin's panel Thursday on a nuclear arms reduction treaty with Russia.
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