Analyst's note: Absolutely must read and carefully consider You will note that both parties understand our nation has a extremely significant problem here with leaks from this administration. I would also add, that these are the leaks that we know about.... how many others are there? We need solutions .... NOW!! Please don't miss the video suggested below.
Speaking about recent intelligence leaks, and specifically the ‘Stuxnet Attack’, Sen. Diane Feinstein said: ”The leaks have to stop”. She was noticeably upset, so are the Senate and House Intelligence Committees; quite incensed. They have now conferred between the two committees and the investigation begins, why did they have to confer? Because, unfortunately, they will not have the aid of the FBI and the DoJ. Why?
From CSPAN:
HOUSE AND SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE Press Conference Thursday on Classified Leaks The four leaders of the House and Senate Intelligence Committees will hold a news conference to discuss the recent spate of classified national security information leaks. Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Feinstein and Vice Chairman Chambliss and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rogers and Ranking Member Ruppersberger called the leaks damaging and intolerable. WHO: Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md.) 12:30p-1p 216 Hart SOB Alcove
In the video Senator Rogers of the House Intelligence Committee mentions in the post hearing press conference that the DoJ and the FBI have recused themselves from participating in the intelligence leaks investigation despite the probe they already opened as seen in the article below. Why the recusal, why are the two committees coming together as one to investigate? Because there is no one else to do it now.
The iceberg has shown itself, and these two committees must have seen a huge amount of fire and ice below the surface. The result will be that this investigation will get much less truth and cooperation because our investigative branches cannot be involved. What about a ‘Special Prosecutor’? How is this going to work?
President Barack Obama opposes the appointment of a special counsel to investigate whether vital national security secrets were improperly disclosed in a wave of news reports detailing sensitive operations, the White House said Thursday.
“No,” press secretary Jay Carney told reporters aboard Air Force One when asked whether Obama would support such a move. Carney referred reporters to government agencies already tasked with ferreting out leakers. Some Republicans, like Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, have said the administration cannot be trusted to investigate itself. (Read the rest here.)
This is all coming out in campaign season. What is more important, US security or re-election? The Intelligence committees, populated by both parties see something very bad here, and are acting quite united in their angst.
So who conducts the investigation then? Will anyone in DC shut up and stop the leaks…and stop spiking footballs for the sake of an election.
This is about our security, not the ballot box. The Eric Holder Department of Justice is in up to its eyeballs in so many other problems, and should be the investigative arm in this issue, combined with FBI, who reports to the Deputy Attorney General, but both are out now…why?
Its obvious that CIA is beyond mad as well, since the Israelis are now mad, and no one trusts the US intelligence services anymore. In a Donald Rumsfeld radio interview a few days ago, he said that Israel cannot trust Obama now. Even Robert Gates is incensed:
Robert Gates, the former defense secretary, reportedly blasted the national security team in the Obama White House for blabbing about the raid to kill Osama bin Laden. “Shut the f— up,” Gates told Tom Donilon, who is now Obama’s national security adviser, according to a book by New York Times reporter David Sanger. (Read the rest here.)
James Clapper is even getting in on the case:
As he briefs top intelligence lawmakers who are outraged over a series of recent leaks of classified information, Clapper wants to widen the numbers of people across government agencies who would be required to take the “Counterintelligence Polygraph,” the source said.
This may also be related to the debacle in Pakistan. Panetta admits he is running out of patience with Pakistan’s role as an ally of the United States, so is this just about the doctor that cooperated on the Osama bin Ladin event or is there something more?
See the video of the Senate Committee’s statements here.
Related article:
FBI Probes Leaks on Iran Cyberattack
