Freewill
Platinum Member
- Oct 26, 2011
- 31,158
- 5,072
- 1,130
This does seem strange when one considers that Obama has used the espionage act against whistle blower more then all other presidents combined. His treatment of other whistle blowers is quite well known.
Obama protects generals in leak probes while low-level employees go to jail - Washington Times
Analysts are questioning whether the White House is protecting one of its inner-circle members in a leak investigation, especially given the Obama administration’s demonstrated willingness to prosecute and imprison lower-level government employees for providing classified information to the press.
Retired Marine Corps Gen. James “Hoss” Cartwright was vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and somewhat of a White House fixture as a close military adviser to President Obama.
For over a year, he reportedly has been the target of a Justice Department criminal investigation. He is suspected of leaking to The New York Times highly classified details of a U.S. cyberwarfare program against Iran and its quest for nuclear weapons. Gen. Cartwright played a critical role in the covert action, whose weapon was a cyberworm called Stuxnet and whose code name was “Olympic Games.”
Read more: Obama protects generals in leak probes while low-level employees go to jail - Washington Times
Follow us: @washtimes on Twitter
Obama protects generals in leak probes while low-level employees go to jail - Washington Times
Analysts are questioning whether the White House is protecting one of its inner-circle members in a leak investigation, especially given the Obama administration’s demonstrated willingness to prosecute and imprison lower-level government employees for providing classified information to the press.
Retired Marine Corps Gen. James “Hoss” Cartwright was vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and somewhat of a White House fixture as a close military adviser to President Obama.
For over a year, he reportedly has been the target of a Justice Department criminal investigation. He is suspected of leaking to The New York Times highly classified details of a U.S. cyberwarfare program against Iran and its quest for nuclear weapons. Gen. Cartwright played a critical role in the covert action, whose weapon was a cyberworm called Stuxnet and whose code name was “Olympic Games.”
Read more: Obama protects generals in leak probes while low-level employees go to jail - Washington Times
Follow us: @washtimes on Twitter