He added: "Any information disclosed is too much information. This does seem to be a tawdry political thing."
He noted that the leak came on the heels of a series of disclosures over the last 10 days, beginning with a report that the CIA wanted to expand its drone attacks in Yemen, Barack Obama making a surprise trip to Afghanistan around the time of the Bin Laden anniversary and "then this inexplicable leak".
Robert Grenier, former head of the CIA counter-terrorism centre, in an article for al-Jazeera, said the spies of the US intelligence community "rather than quietly celebrating success are wistfully shaking their heads … As the director of national intelligence launches an investigation, he does so knowing that the real culprits – in the White House and on Capitol Hill – are beyond his reach."
Personal bubbles need to be burst suddenly, deeply and sharply. That usually happens one bubble at a time, so I don't hold out much hope right now. People seem to avoid learning from the experiences of other people. If it doesn't happen to them, it won't because it can't.
If they (including Issa) new that if they
failed in pursuit ......
Just a week ago the establishment media was aflutter with news that a CIA double-agent had thwarted a new type of underwear bomb attack targeting U.S. flights in a plot devised by al-Qaeda of the Arabian Peninsula.
But as the week progressed, a developing bombshell story got buried under President Obama’s gay marriage announcement. Not only is the supposed CIA asset not a CIA asset at all, but the entire operation was exposed prematurely and the double-agent’s life was immediately threatened by an intelligence leak that very well may have come out of the White House for political gain.
As the story broke, the establishment media was more than happy to attribute the intelligence coup to the CIA and the Obama administration, describing the mole as a “CIA informant.”
It turns out that wasn’t true. The double-agent hadn’t been recruited and placed by the CIA, but by British intelligence, who also managed the operation. In fact, the Americans had only recently been made aware of the joint British-Saudi effort.
The leaks about the operation from the American side have infuriated British intelligence officials, who had hoped to continue the operation. The leaks not only scuttled the mission but put the life of the asset in jeopardy. Even CIA officials, joining their MI5 and MI6 counterparts, were describing the leaks as “despicable,” attributing them to the Obama administration.
LINK (http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2012/05/14/bombshell-al-qaeda-infiltrator-was-working-for-brits-not-cia-cover-blown-for-election-year-politics/)QuoteJust a week ago the establishment media was aflutter with news that a CIA double-agent had thwarted a new type of underwear bomb attack targeting U.S. flights in a plot devised by al-Qaeda of the Arabian Peninsula.
But as the week progressed, a developing bombshell story got buried under President Obama’s gay marriage announcement. Not only is the supposed CIA asset not a CIA asset at all, but the entire operation was exposed prematurely and the double-agent’s life was immediately threatened by an intelligence leak that very well may have come out of the White House for political gain.
As the story broke, the establishment media was more than happy to attribute the intelligence coup to the CIA and the Obama administration, describing the mole as a “CIA informant.”
It turns out that wasn’t true. The double-agent hadn’t been recruited and placed by the CIA, but by British intelligence, who also managed the operation. In fact, the Americans had only recently been made aware of the joint British-Saudi effort.
The leaks about the operation from the American side have infuriated British intelligence officials, who had hoped to continue the operation. The leaks not only scuttled the mission but put the life of the asset in jeopardy. Even CIA officials, joining their MI5 and MI6 counterparts, were describing the leaks as “despicable,” attributing them to the Obama administration.
Just updating the thread...
QuoteHe added: "Any information disclosed is too much information. This does seem to be a tawdry political thing."
He noted that the leak came on the heels of a series of disclosures over the last 10 days, beginning with a report that the CIA wanted to expand its drone attacks in Yemen, Barack Obama making a surprise trip to Afghanistan around the time of the Bin Laden anniversary and "then this inexplicable leak".
Robert Grenier, former head of the CIA counter-terrorism centre, in an article for al-Jazeera, said the spies of the US intelligence community "rather than quietly celebrating success are wistfully shaking their heads … As the director of national intelligence launches an investigation, he does so knowing that the real culprits – in the White House and on Capitol Hill – are beyond his reach."
Nice. So while on the one hand this administration is sending out it's 'stormtroopers' to all the major transportation hubs of America with the express order to cavity search children and senior citizens under the guise of 'national security' they are also, on the other hand, completely undermining that same national security.
Of course I don't need to say this again but I guess I will. All of us here already know this stuff don't we? How long till the sleepy voters of America prop open their lazy eyes long enough to see it?
"whew, that was close" from the people because we've forgotten, or maybe de programmed, how this country became great.
When they published their revealing book last August about the nation’s fight against terrorism, the authors, two New York Times national security reporters, immediately felt heat from the Pentagon for dishing too much operational info about the killing of Osama bin Laden.
LINK (http://washingtonexaminer.com/politics/washington-secrets/2012/05/obamas-bin-laden-leaks-angered-military/622606)QuoteWhen they published their revealing book last August about the nation’s fight against terrorism, the authors, two New York Times national security reporters, immediately felt heat from the Pentagon for dishing too much operational info about the killing of Osama bin Laden.
Libertarian extremists, who purport to be the face of the tea party movement, and their pals on the Lawyer Left, whose obsession is more rights for mass-murderers, are again making common cause. Their target, once more, is the detention procedure codified in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). This time the ringleaders are Representatives Justin Amash (R., MI) and Adam Smith (D., WA). With a new NDAA up for consideration, these congressmen are reprising the starring role played a few months back by Sen. Rand Paul (R., KY). I argued in opposition to Sen. Paul’s gambit here and here.
Under the Smith-Amash amendment, if al Qaeda were to dispatch the second coming of Mohamed Atta & Co. to execute another 9/11-style atrocity in the United States, but this time the FBI managed to apprehend them, they would be given the full rights of American civilian defendants. They could not be detained under the laws of war, they could not be held at Guantanamo Bay for trial by military commission. Instead, they would be treated like garden variety crooks: given Miranda warnings, quickly assigned counsel, held in a civilian prison, eligible for prompt bail hearings, entitled to the full breadth of discovery mandated by civilian due process, and given a full-blown, Grade-A civilian trial in a civilian federal court – just like the trial the Obama administration tried to give Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the other surviving 9/11 plotters until public outrage and congressional opposition induced the administration to back down.
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Wednesday blasted the Obama administration over the disclosure of classified intelligence operations, leaks he said came from the “highest levels” at the White House.
“This is the most highly classified information and it’s now been leaked by the administration at the highest levels at the White House and that’s not acceptable,” McCain said on CBS "This Morning."
President Obama angrily denied today that his White House team is the source of national security leaks on alleged terrorist "kill lists" and cyber-attacks against Iran's nuclear program.
"The notion that my White House would purposely release classified national security information is offensive," Obama said at a brief White House news conference. "It's wrong."
"If that statement were meant to serve as a denial that the Obama Administration leaked classified information, it would appear to stand in direct contrast to the New York Times article describing the President’s personal involvement in a process 'to designate terrorists for kill or capture,'" the memo states. "One of the opening paragraphs described the methodology for compiling the story, saying 'three dozen' of the President’s 'current and former advisers' were interview sources for the story."
LINK (http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2012/06/obama-white-house-not-source-of-leaks/1#.T9JE1bjDVoZ)QuotePresident Obama angrily denied today that his White House team is the source of national security leaks on alleged terrorist "kill lists" and cyber-attacks against Iran's nuclear program.
"The notion that my White House would purposely release classified national security information is offensive," Obama said at a brief White House news conference. "It's wrong."
First off, it isn't his White House. It's OURS.
Secondly...
LINK (http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/republicans-leaks-either-president-or-times-wrong_646811.html)Quote"If that statement were meant to serve as a denial that the Obama Administration leaked classified information, it would appear to stand in direct contrast to the New York Times article describing the President’s personal involvement in a process 'to designate terrorists for kill or capture,'" the memo states. "One of the opening paragraphs described the methodology for compiling the story, saying 'three dozen' of the President’s 'current and former advisers' were interview sources for the story."
...he seems to have been caught in a bald-faced lie.
Caddell throws Donilon under the Obama bus...
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2012/06/pat-caddell-names-national-security-advisor-tom-donilon-as-source-for-top-security-leaks-video/ (http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2012/06/pat-caddell-names-national-security-advisor-tom-donilon-as-source-for-top-security-leaks-video/)
IMO, not high ranking enough!
More should be coming to Cornyn's conclusion and demand this asshat resign (if F&F & leaks are not bad enough with all the other BS coming out of this clowns office, then what is?), if he does not resign (and I expect he won't) then the heat must get turned up on Holder & Obama...maybe Obama will be forced to sack him or be faced with endless attacks thorugh election day. Not that the next ObamaBot will be any better, but either way it is a win. Time to step on their necks!
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/senator-tells-attorney-general-resign_647138.html (http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/senator-tells-attorney-general-resign_647138.html)
More should be coming to Cornyn's conclusion and demand this asshat resign (if F&F & leaks are not bad enough with all the other BS coming out of this clowns office, then what is?), if he does not resign (and I expect he won't) then the heat must get turned up on Holder & Obama...maybe Obama will be forced to sack him or be faced with endless attacks thorugh election day. Not that the next ObamaBot will be any better, but either way it is a win. Time to step on their necks!
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/senator-tells-attorney-general-resign_647138.html (http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/senator-tells-attorney-general-resign_647138.html)
If the rolls were reversed, dems would e shouting from the rooftops for a resignation. Appreciate his candor to holder, but too many pubbies are worried what it may do politically, to them, than do what is right.