Washington, Sept. 26 (Reuters): Bemoaning an election-year leak, US President George W. Bush today said he would declassify a secret terrorism document that included a judgment the Iraq war had spread Islamic extremism.

Bush said political opponents had disclosed only select parts of the National Intelligence Estimate, a US global report on terrorism, and he decided to make the document public so “you read it for yourself”.

“Somebody has taken it upon themselves to leak classified information for political purposes,” Bush said.