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| Check this out. Now I really get why Senator Feinstein is so angry over the leaks. Ms. Feinstein said the "closely held" operation was known to officials in the CIA, the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration. She said typically top members of congressional committees overseeing the intelligence community would be briefed prior to or during such an operation, but that didn't happen in this case. Mr. Rogers raised the same concern. "It was interesting that even though the press went to the agency [CIA] and talked about his particular event, nobody thought at the White House it was important enough to come and live up to the constitutional and statutory rule to notify Congress." U.S. Probes Leak in Bomb Plot - WSJ.com
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| Oh no, no, no, no, no.......Frank and Beans is a world history educator. He's sooooo smart, he has his own language.
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| A. Looks like Obama wasted a double agent. B. Now the public knows that the Terrorists are aided by us. Proof that we don't just support Al Qaida in Libya and the war on terror is fake. Now let's swing all that Military apparatus onto the American People (as it was designed to do) The PJ Tatler » BOMBSHELL: Al-Qaeda Infiltrator was Working for Brits not CIA, Cover Blown for Election Year Politics Quote: Al-Qaeda Infiltrator was Working for Brits not CIA, Cover Blown for Election Year Politics 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. As the stillborn investigation into the leaks continues (stillborn, because if the leaks are in fact traced to the White House, there will be no repercussions), the zeal with which the establishment media trumpeted the supposed CIA coup won’t likely be surpassed by the more important story of how the Obama administration attempted to score political points at the expense of one of the most important intelligence operations since 9/11. Nor is it likely that the establishment media, particularly the Associated Press stooges who broke the story, will examine its own role as handmaiden to the administration’s scuttling of this sensitive intelligence operation for apparent political gain and betrayal of our foreign intelligence service partners.
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| Obama leaks classified Infomation for propaganda movie.... Quote: Obama administration DID leak classified information to filmmakers on Osama bin Laden raid Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal, who made Oscar-winning film The Hurt Locker, given access Secret 'vault' where raid was planned and identity of Navy SEAL involved in mission given to filmmakers Controversy that film's release date before November elections would 'boost Obama's ratings' The Obama administration arranged for Hollywood filmmakers to have special access to government officials involved in the commando operation that killed Osama bin Laden, it has been revealed. Conservative legal group Judicial Watch posted what it claimed was 153 pages of Pentagon documents and 113 pages of CIA documents about the film project on its website yesterday. The paper trail revealed that filmmakers were given access to top White House officials, the identity of a SEAL team member involved in the raid on bin Laden's compound in Pakistan and were taken to the top-secret 'vault' where the attack was planned. ![]() Access Hollywood: Director Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal have been given special privileges to White House, CIA and Pentagon information to make a film about the mission to kill Osama bin Laden The exchanges were between White House, CIA, Pentagon officials and Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal, the director and screenwriter of The Hurt Locker, a 2008 film about the Iraq war that won an Oscar for Best Picture. The film project, titled Zero Dark Thirty about the May 2011 raid on bin Laden's compound in Pakistan, became a focus of controversy last year when it was reported that its release date was weeks before the November 6 election - timed to boost President Obama's image to voters. Producers have now pushed the release back to December. The documents were obtained through a lawsuit filed under the Freedom of Information Act - which can be used to force government agencies to release undisclosed information. Neither the CIA nor the Pentagon disputed the authenticity of the documents. A spokesman for the National Security Council said the White House would have no comment on the documents beyond those issued last August by press secretary Jay Carney, who said the Obama administration had not given the filmmakers classified information.
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| It served him politically, he should be thanking bush for the great intel that led to the raid though. Under Obamas 2007 policy ideology such intel would never have been received and Bin laden would still be alive.
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| Quote: John McCain Calls for Investigation on White House Leaks Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) today attacked the Obama administration over a series of recent news stories about national security, calling for hearings and a special prosecutor to investigate whether leaks from the White House were made for political gain. The ranking member of the Armed Services Committee and 2008 GOP presidential nominee, McCain said he received word from committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) that the panel could hold a hearing on the issue. “Over the past few months, there’s been a disturbing stream of articles in the media. In common among them is that they cite leaked classified or highly sensitive information in what appears to be a broader administration effort to paint a portrait of the president of the United States as a strong leader on national security issues,” McCain said on the floor. McCain cited several high-profile stories in national media outlets as the basis for his challenge to the administration. Chief among the pieces in question are a lengthy New York Times story on a so-called terrorist “kill list,” another New York Times piece this week about Obama’s decision to begin cyberattacks on Iranian nuclear enrichment sites and yet another that reported extensively on the White House’s drone policies.
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| Quote: Key senator calls for special counsel for leaks probe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Senate committee chairman called on Sunday for a special counsel to investigate suspected leaks of classified information following allegations that the White House made the disclosures to boost President Barack Obama's election chances. Senator Joseph Lieberman, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder's appointment on June 8 of two federal prosecutors to investigate the suspected leaks did not go far enough. "We need a special counsel because a special counsel avoids any appearance of conflict of interest," Lieberman said on "Fox News Sunday." "Special counsels - independent counsels before them - were created for situations exactly like this where people might reach a conclusion that investigators, U.S. attorneys even, working for the attorney general - who was appointed by the president - cannot independently and without bias investigate high officials of their own government." The secrets, revealed in media stories, have included reports on U.S. cyber warfare against Iran, procedures for targeting militants with drones and the existence of a double agent who penetrated a militant group in Yemen. Republicans have already demanded an outside special counsel to investigate the leaks. Lieberman is an independent who caucuses with the Democrats in the Senate and usually votes with them. Key senator calls for special counsel for leaks probe - Yahoo! News
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| Wow was this guy squirming today..Chris Wallace nailed him ![]() David Plouffe defends White House response to security leaks Fox News - Breaking News Updates | Latest News Headlines | Photos & News Videos
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| This man still rots in jail because of Obama Quote: ![]() Congressman worried case of jailed Pakistani doc falling through the cracks The California congressman who's made the plight of jailed Pakistani doctor Shakil Afridi a personal cause said Monday he's concerned the case has fallen off the radar screen -- and that without U.S. intervention, the man credited with helping track Usama bin Laden will be left to "suffer in a dungeon." Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., was among the many U.S. officials outraged last month after Afridi was sentenced to 33 years in prison. But little has been heard of his case since that time. "It doesn't appear that other people are taking this case seriously," Rohrabacher said. "I don't see any movement" by Congress or the Obama administration. Rohrabacher told FoxNews.com that he's "frantically" trying to keep people focused on it, and claimed officials are not prioritizing the case -- which he said reflects poorly on American values. "If we let that person just hang on a limb and forget him, now that he's put himself in danger for us -- well shame on us
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| Obama leaks classified Infomation for propaganda movie.... Quote: Obama administration DID leak classified information to filmmakers on Osama bin Laden raid Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal, who made Oscar-winning film The Hurt Locker, given access Secret 'vault' where raid was planned and identity of Navy SEAL involved in mission given to filmmakers Controversy that film's release date before November elections would 'boost Obama's ratings' The Obama administration arranged for Hollywood filmmakers to have special access to government officials involved in the commando operation that killed Osama bin Laden, it has been revealed. Conservative legal group Judicial Watch posted what it claimed was 153 pages of Pentagon documents and 113 pages of CIA documents about the film project on its website yesterday. The paper trail revealed that filmmakers were given access to top White House officials, the identity of a SEAL team member involved in the raid on bin Laden's compound in Pakistan and were taken to the top-secret 'vault' where the attack was planned. <photo omitted, see above post> Access Hollywood: Director Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal have been given special privileges to White House, CIA and Pentagon information to make a film about the mission to kill Osama bin Laden The exchanges were between White House, CIA, Pentagon officials and Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal, the director and screenwriter of The Hurt Locker, a 2008 film about the Iraq war that won an Oscar for Best Picture. The film project, titled Zero Dark Thirty about the May 2011 raid on bin Laden's compound in Pakistan, became a focus of controversy last year when it was reported that its release date was weeks before the November 6 election - timed to boost President Obama's image to voters. Producers have now pushed the release back to December. The documents were obtained through a lawsuit filed under the Freedom of Information Act - which can be used to force government agencies to release undisclosed information. Neither the CIA nor the Pentagon disputed the authenticity of the documents. A spokesman for the National Security Council said the White House would have no comment on the documents beyond those issued last August by press secretary Jay Carney, who said the Obama administration had not given the filmmakers classified information.
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| There is no question that obama is leaking intelligence for political gain. Sometimes it's just information given to the media that destroys an on-going CIA operation. Sometimes it's blatant like handing a movie studio intelligence to make a pro obama movie. |
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| And never before has Congress had to pass a law telling the president he could not reveal military secrets to Russia. Truly astonishing!
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| Where are liberals defending Obama's use of the bully pulpit to bring revenge on a Seal team member, not to mention entire units of Seals. They've already taken a huge hit for taking out bin Laden by terrorist jihad enemy tracking of Seals in their units.
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