[P.O.E.]

And this from the White House that swears they didn’t leak classified info for political purposes.

[Venturer]

You notice the story says an Obama aide.

Plausable deniability for Obama.

Also Israel refuses to speak of it, meaning they have some things they consider secret,even if Obama wants to kick the feet out from under Romney with this little leak.

[rbg81]

And this from the White House that swears they didn’t leak classified info for political purposes.

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Exactly. I’ll bet that this was a leak about something that didn’t happen just to make Obama look like a “friend” of Israel. A Jedi mind trick for the weak-minded.

[UCANSEE2]

Quoting a senior U.S. official it said spoke on condition of anonymity,

Anytime you see that phrase, you can be sure it really means "directed to leak the info to the press".