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The leak of this terror plot followed Obama's surprise trip to Afghanistan to announce a marginal update to his widely-known troop withdrawal timetable, which was conveniently during the celebration of the one-year anniversary of Osama bin Laden's death. In that self-aggrandizing photo op, only time and taxpayer money were wasted, but in this self-aggrandizing intelligence leak, the results will have real-world security consequences.
Another expert chimes in that Obama's grandstanding will make the UK more hesitant to share intelligence information with the United States.
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Underwear bomb plot: British and US intelligence rattled over leaks | World news | guardian.co.uk