2 US Attorneys to Lead Criminal Probes of Leaks

Fear not America the intel leaks putting our nation at risk are going to be looked into thoroughly by the DOJ under the direction of Eric Holder!

Yes the same DOJ that:
– let the Black Panthers off for voter intimidation during the ’08 election in Philadelphia
– filed lawsuit against AZ for enforcing federal laws already on the books and trying to protect it’s citizens as well as other Americans from illegal border crossing
– is stonewalling Congress over the Fast & Furious gun running program
– is trying to tell FL not to purge their voter rolls
!@#$%^& What a crock this will end up like everything else that goes through that corrupt office “nothing to see here move along”.
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by Pete Yost | AP
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two U.S. attorneys will lead a pair of criminal investigations already under way into possible unauthorized disclosures of classified information within the executive and legislative branches of government, Attorney General Eric Holder said Friday.

The announcement of the appointments followed President Barack Obama’s denial that the White House had deliberately leaked classified national security information that was flattering to him in this election year, calling such allegations “offensive” and “wrong.” He promised investigations into the source of leaks about U.S. involvement in cyber-attacks on Iran and drone strikes on suspected terrorists.

Recent news articles contained details of U.S. involvement in a partially successful computer virus attack on Iran’s nuclear program and on the selection of targets for counterterrorism assassination plots. The leaked information generally painted Obama as a decisive and hands-on commander in chief, and Republican critics suggested the leaks were orchestrated to boost Obama’s re-election bid.

Obama said his critics “need to have a better sense of how I approach this office and how the people around me here approach this office.”

“We’re dealing with issues that can touch on the safety and security of the American people, our families or our military personnel or our allies, and so we don’t play with that,” he told reporters at a news conference.

In a statement issued hours after Obama’s remarks, Holder said he was confident that the prosecutors would follow the facts and evidence wherever they led.

“The unauthorized disclosure of classified information can compromise the security of this country and all Americans, and it will not be tolerated,” he said.

Holder assigned Ronald Machen, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, and Rod Rosenstein, the U.S. attorney for the District of Maryland, to direct separate probes that are already being conducted by the FBI.

Three weeks ago, FBI Director Robert Mueller said the bureau had launched an investigation into who leaked information about an al-Qaida plot to place an explosive device aboard a U.S.-bound airline flight. Separately, calls from Capitol Hill have mounted urging a leak probe into a New York Times story a week ago about U.S. involvement in cyberattacks on Iran.

Obama said his administration has “zero tolerance” for such leaks and that there would be an internal administration probe.

“We have mechanisms in place where if we can root out folks who have leaked, they will suffer consequences,” the president said. “In some cases, it’s criminal. These are criminal acts when they release information like this. And we will conduct thorough investigations, as we have in the past.”…Read more