Posted on 07/23/2012 7:32:07 PM PDT by markomalley
The Democratic leader of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Monday that the White House appears to be responsible for some highly criticized leaks of classified information in recent months.
“I think the White House has to understand that some of this is coming from their ranks,” Sen. Dianne Feinstein told a World Affairs Council forum.
The California lawmaker said she was certain that President Obama, who receives a daily intelligence briefing, isn’t disclosing secret information, but she was uncertain about others at the White House. “I don’t believe for a moment that he goes out and talks about it,” she said.
Republicans have slammed the disclosures, arguing that members of the Obama administration were intentionally leaking classified material to enhance the president’s national security credentials in an election year. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. has appointed two attorneys to lead the investigation into who leaked information about U.S. involvement in cyberattacks on Iran and about an al Qaeda plot to place an explosive device aboard a U.S.-bound airliner.
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You’re right, lots of money can help anyone look better. I haven’t always paid that much attention to her. Nancy Pelosi usually gets most of my ‘ire’.
Hillary and Pelosi have both gone to pot lately though, lol.
The leaker is rank, all right.
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