Clampnig down on foreign policy leaks

About a week ago, I wrote a post going off on all the leaking on the Afghanistan deliberation, saying that such policy/debate pushing "leaks" would undermine Obama's foreign policy cred around the world.

Since that Eikenberry "leak" that prompted my post, Sec Def Bill Gates issued public statements warning the military structure that "leaking" of this sort was a firing offense.

Now, in Beijing, Obama gives an interview to CBS' Chip Reid which reinforces the position.

THE PRESIDENT: “I think I am angrier than Bob Gates about it, partly because we have these deliberations in the Situation Room for a reason – because we are making decisions that are life-and-death, that affect how our troops will be able to operate in a theater of war. For people to be releasing information during the course of deliberation -- where we haven’t made final decisions yet -- I think is not appropriate.”

CHIP REID: “Firing offense??”

THE PRESIDENT: “Absolutely"

Let's see if that shuts it down.