Republicans in Congress are accusing President Barack Obama of intentionally leaking information on national security policy in order to boost his credibility as a tough warrior president ahead of November elections.
Both the FBI and the Senate have launched preliminary investigations into the administration’s leaks which appeared in two articles in the New York Times, one on Obama’s “kill lists” in the drone war and the other on U.S.-Israeli cooperation on a computer virus that targeted Iranian computers.
Senator John McCain charged Obama with leaking confidential information for purely political reasons in the run-up to his reelection campaign to, as he said, “paint a portrait of the president of the United States as a strong leader.”
Senator Saxby Chambliss, Vice Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said on Tuesday that “with each leak, our allies are left to wonder how much they can trust us with their secrets. Some in the administration have decided that scoring political points in an election year outweighs intelligence operations.”
Presidential kill lists accompanying a secret, unaccountable drone war as well as the use of cyberterrorism against a non-threatening nation are seriously dangerous policies of Executive overreach and of questionable legality. Amazingly, these accusations and inquiries are concerned with the administration’s leaks of these policies, as opposed to their very existence.
Yeah hurray for war crimes, woo hoo.
But I guess when the GOP leaked Brewster and Jennings Inc. and Valarie Plame that was all okay. I am so sick of the hypocrisy from Democrats and Republicans that it makes me want to vomit.
That Obama ha killed Americans without due process and has his own hit list ought to be reason for revolution.
I think American would be better off if Obama was on someone's hit list and the same holds true for Romney.
America, you had the chance to elect Ron Paul, now accept what you voted for.
And which ally is Chambliss referring to? Obviously only one, and that one we don't have a formal alliance with at all – Israel. Would they all feel better if Biden was in charge of the "kill lists"?
Look at the type of ‘humans’ we have in Congress representing us. Ok, ok, I know that they don’t really represent us, but that’s what they’re supposed to do.
Now, these righteous human beings instead of being angry at the illegal action of their president who engages in cyber terrorism are up in arms as to why he didn’t keep it under wrap. My god, what has happened to honor, integrity, morality, virtue, truth, and uprightness? The president and Congress– like father like son.
For as much as I hate that Group of Pedophiles, this time, I have to agree with them. It's a dark day on Earth when those greedmongers, hatemongers and all around loathsome bastards are right.