McCain: ‘Highest Levels of the White House’ Responsible for Recent National Security Leaks
- Posted on June 6, 2012 at 12:28pm by
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Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Wednesday accused the “highest levels of the White House” of leaking a recent spate of stories about classified intelligence operations.
“This is the most highly classified information and has now been leaked by the administration at the highest levels of the White House. That’s not acceptable,” McCain said on CBS’ “This Morning.”
On the Senate floor Tuesday, McCain called the leaks “an intentional breach” meant as a “broader administration effort to paint a portrait of the president of the United States as a strong leader on national security issues.” He said the Senate Armed Services Committee would hold hearings on the matter.
McCain said the reports in question — two high-profile articles in the New York Times detailed the Obama administration’s terrorist “kill list” and its efforts to use cyberattacks against Iran — represent “a breach of national security.”
“Look, this puts American lives in danger, revealing our most highly classified operations, both in cyberwar and in drones –that’s just a fact,” McCain said on CBS.
He said the administration should not have confirmed facts for reporters: “All they had to do was say, this is classified information and we won’t discuss it.”
“What we’re hearing from the administration now, ‘well it was really OK,’ if it was OK then make it public, don’t do it in your dealings with a reporter for the New York Times,” McCain said. “Of course it makes the president look very decisive.”
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Comments (71)
Chromo200
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 2:28pmMcCain is a looser, no one cares but a few in Arizona that elected him again. He was great hero and I respect him for that but as a senator at least lately he sucks .. MSM people put him on TV just to lets us know they are fair and balanced in their reporting ….
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 3:08pmYet we already know the MSM is NOT fair or balanced. Fox is who comes closest to being fair and balanced. John showed by the way he ran his campaign that his resume was more important than slamming the Marxist in the Whitehouse. MITT better not make the same error
Report Post »Lucy Larue
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 4:45pmCHROMO200,
Report Post »What does your comment have to do with ANYTHING that McCain is sounding the alarm about?!
Senator Feinstein and Senator Leahy AGREE with him! They’re not exactly aligned with REPUBLICANS!
Both of them have called for the prosecution of the leaker when discovered.
This is serious S*#T!
I think that you should reread the article. This time for comprehension.
This is about COUNTRY…, not your opinion of the messenger! UGH!
beckwasfox
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 6:10pmEvery once in awhile McCain gets something right. He is a loser, though. Arizona should be ashamed. I hope he and Obama are out of office next year.
Report Post »Steel
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 10:55pmHe may be a loser in YOUR eyes, but he served his nation bravely, not only in the military, but in the Senate as well. He deserves better than your calling him a “loser”. He stands before the nation and has made true allegations against the current administration. That takes more than a little guts, especially when obama and his disciples actually admit to a “kill list”. God only knows all the names on that list, and particularly now, after Senator McCain has publicly called obama out. There is no question whatsoever that McCain is absolutely right in his accusations. All these policies start at the time and roll downhill. Anyone who doesn’t know that is naive to the point of childishness.
Report Post »zoro51
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 2:10pmthe damn socialist needs to be removed IMPEACH OBAMA HES NOT AMERICAN BORN
Report Post »KURT1010
Posted on June 7, 2012 at 7:35amDitto !!!!!!!!!
Report Post »dlivelli
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 1:59pmMr McCain, you just figured this out?….maybe it is time for you to retire. This guy is very smart and even twice a dangerous. There is no telling what he will do in a lame duck session….that will need to be changed before he gets the opportunity to completely ruin this country……
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 1:55pmWhat do you expect from that big mouthed treasonous bunch in D.C.? Their goal is to destroy this country and if we do not get them out and more men in like Scott Walker, they are going to keep going with this. People have been screaming about this ever since he started working towards anti-American programs, going forward with agendas that are not pro American. Take another look at what Arizona has and do your duty as congressmen should. Get that bunch of buzzards out of our White House and jail all who are a party to treason.
Report Post »lisa2994
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 1:48pm@h20sue
Since our government knows so much they should bring this administration up on charges and stand up for our/their country! But I do not see them doing that.. Shaking my head..
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 1:27pmLeaks at the highest level – means start with Obama for approval.
Report Post »pap pap
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 1:25pmNothing is going to happen here unfortunately because Holder and Obama are too busy licking each others b u t t s.
They will need a hearing to decide if they are going to have a hearing and then another hearing to decide if the second hearing was appropriate on and on and on . . . . .
The evil in DC are always excused instead of being properly persecuted.
Report Post »G-WHIZ
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 1:35pmThese hearings are just that. They do not carry the force of our law. Their “findings” will be taken under avisement.
Report Post »shipbldr
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 1:18pmObama is so eat up with his own ego that he cares nothing and has no consideration for what his actions do and the harm it places others in. He is only interested in being the Celebrity, the “AMerican Idol”, the glorious golden boy that’s gonna change the world. He is an inept amateur. He should be indicted for disclosing secure information and treason, because his actions have done nothing more than aid the enemy.
Report Post »G-WHIZ
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 1:18pmFirst Mc-complain is a conservative…then he losses and becomes a moderate and gets run-over for years by both parties…then he is a flaming-commi-lib…now he’s flopping-again…complaining the side he chose-last is doeing the same thing they always do…give the store away to our enemies.
Report Post »DetritusScreener
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 1:11pmThe people that are leaking our national security secrets are acting against our country. They need to be found and prosecuted for treason no matter what their position.
Report Post »G-WHIZ
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 1:22pmTo E.Holder this is not to be enforced, for the good of his King’s re-election.
Report Post »h20sue
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 1:06pmI expect to hear even worse things coming from the liberals. They are scared, and they have reason to be. With any luck this country will be back on tract once the Republicans clean up what’s been done by BHO.
Report Post »I expect more then dirty politics, as I will always believe Arabs put BHO in the Whitehouse and they are capable of more. It’s a waiting game for respectable Americans. There has to be something more then just a conspiracy that is taking care of what’s going on within the democratic party. One day, if we make it to November, we’ll all learn the truth. I‘ve never seen any president in my life time spend money that doesn’t belong to him. I’ve never seen a president start out with $1 million and within a little over three years have $7 million. He is following in Pelosi’s footsteps with inside trading? I’m telling you, ‘we the people’ are the last to know what goes on within our government. We’re pawns and being treated like common criminals.
There is much more going on in “our Whitehouse” and what used to be “our government” then meets the eye. McCain is on top of things, and I hope they are keeping a very close eye on BHO and his Czars. They should have been stopped day ONE. No president or first lady needs the enormous amount of security, or vacations that have been taken by the Obama’s. We’ve only heard of a fraction of what they have spent since taking office. Where’s their budget? Not one! No company works without a budget.
AmazingGrace8
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 1:33pmGood post!!!
Report Post »THE_ADVERSARY
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 1:01pmMcBlame forgot to take his Alzheimer medication again.
Report Post »Freebird
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 1:01pmWhat would an election year be like without this loser showing up and trying to be relevant to current affairs.You’ve had your 15 minutes of fame,now go back to being irrelevant till the next election.
Report Post »schroeder123
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 1:09pmAmen
Report Post »Publius Duo
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 12:58pmI seem to remember all the Hub-bub when someone leaked the ID of a washed up CIA agent named Plame. It was the end of the world and people were investigated to no end. The media made it sound like it was the worst thing since Watergate. Yet, a real serious breach of Nat. security by info being disclosed by the Admin., for what? To help get re-elected. Nary a peep from the main stream parrots, huh? Seems to me that unless you’re GOP you can pretty much do anything you want and get away with it. No endless investigations. It’s no big deal. Really? The only good thing is that all this will be over in November.
Hope for Change, Vote NObama 2012.
End the Monarchy. November 6, 2012. America’s Bastille Day.
Report Post »Exrepublisheep
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 1:06pmPlame. For which no one was punished. So even if there is a leak maybe the leaker will receive the same punishment.
Report Post »Publius Duo
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 2:26pmA few facts on the case for you; 1/2
Report Post »Department of Justice investigation Following the disclosure, on September 16, 2003, the CIA sent a letter to the United States Department of Justice (DoJ), requesting a criminal investigation of the matter.[15] On September 29, 2003, the Department of Justice advised the CIA that it had requested an FBI investigation into the matter.[15][16]
On September 30, 2003, President Bush said that if there had been “a leak” from his administration about Plame, “I want to know who it is… and if the person has violated law, the person will be taken care of.”[17] Initially, the White House denied that Karl Rove, the White House Deputy Chief of Staff, and Lewis “Scooter” Libby, Chief of Staff of Vice President Dick Cheney, were involved in the leak.[18]
Attorney General John Ashcroft referred the matter to the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Special Counsel, directed by Patrick Fitzgerald, who convened a grand jury. The CIA leak grand jury investigation did not result in the indictment or conviction of anyone for any crime in connection with the leak itself. However, Libby was indicted on one count of obstruction of justice, one count of perjury, and three counts making false statements to the grand jury and federal investigators on October 28, 2005. Libby resigned hours after the indictment.
Publius Duo
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 2:32pm2/2
[edit] United States v. LibbyThe federal trial United States v. Libby began on January 16, 2007. On March 6, 2007, Libby was convicted on four counts, and was acquitted of one count of making false statements.[19][20][21] Libby was sentenced to 30 months in prison, a fine of US$250,000, and two years of supervised release after his prison term.[22][23]
After the verdict, Special Counsel Fitzgerald stated that he did not expect anyone else to be charged in the case: “We’re all going back to our day jobs.”[21] On July 2, 2007, President Bush commuted Libby’s jail sentence, effectively erasing the 30 months he was supposed to spend in jail. The federal felony conviction, probation and fines still remain
Bush had it investigated.
Report Post »Where is the present monarchy on this?
It’s really no big deal.
That’s the difference right there.
Although Bush commuted his sentence, at least something was done. Not the typical oh well or it‘s someone else’s fault attitude that the present admin has.
That’s the big difference.
Not to mention the outing of one CIA agent is bad. What going on now is criminal and treasonous. All to get re-elected.
Publius Duo
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 2:36pmCompliments of Wiki.
Report Post »ICEDRAGONNITE
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 12:57pmI have been yelling for impeachment and trials for Treason, Sedition, sabotage and High Crimes for these buggers in this administration.
Report Post »I think its about time for the train to start moving.
showmerancher
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 12:57pmWe’re currently prosecuting the army grunt that leaked information to Wikileaks. Shouldn’t we be seeking out and prosecuting whomever leaked this information. We’re in the process of prosecuting Wikileaks itself for publishing the leaked information. Shouldn’t we then be prosecuting the New York Times for publishing this information?
Report Post »G-WHIZ
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 1:28pmOur msm CAN NOT BE PROCICUTED for just repeating the “already-out-there” information. This is all just smoke to hide the WH and Tsarrs who are the ones who [OK] the leaks.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 3:46pmSHOW: If you had a nickel for every piece of classified information that the NYT has leaked , you would be buying Soros lunch ! Information which has always supported Lefty talking points and damaged conservatives. The New York Times is the Leakiest Media outlet in the the vast sea of liberal “ news ” mouthpieces. And they ALWAYS get away with it.
Report Post »PROSECUTE_PUBLIC_SERVANTS__FOR_CONSTITUTIONAL_TREASON
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 12:55pmMcCain along with Obama and 1,000 other Congress, Senate, House, and Executive Branch are traitors to be tried for Constitutional treason. The swore and oath to defend and uphold our Constitutional freedoms but behind closed doors willfully enbrace the UN one world gov. marxist whore believing the US is a failed experiment. It’s failed because the people trusted pimps. These pimps are to be tried for treason and if guilty given the death penalty. All the traitors are to be anniliated and Amierica will be back on it’s feet in no time.
End the Federal Reserve. Get us out of NATO and the UN. Strike the Patriot Act, NDAA, the TSA rapes, and the DHS assaults on citizens.
Christians buy and fly a Christian flag for Jesus Christ. The Christian flag carries the cross of Christ. Be salt and light. Openly support Christianity. We are in a war for truth. Without Christian Revolutionaries, the US flag would not exist. We would be British slaves. Support the freedom of both flags and the invitation of the cross in the Christian flag.
Report Post »bdandsl
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 12:51pmThose responsible must be prosecuted to the fullest extent! Obama and his admin have been the most corrupt and treasonous EVER!!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 12:50pmSo WHAT ARE YOU going to about it McLame? “hearings”? .. .yea …all talk and no action …. just like everything else these criminals have/are doing.
Report Post »G-WHIZ
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 1:33pmE.Holder will never investigate their own crimes.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 2:01pmHe’s slamming Obama so, I’ll cut him some slack. Better than remaining silent like my Senators do.
Report Post »Mutiny
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 12:42pmI honestly dont care what this clown says. McCain is just a fake he is trying to act like he cares. If he really cared about national security he would help stop the spending, end the wars, and quit attacking American citizen freedoms.
Report Post »dogday
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 12:51pmI’m confused, are you talking about McCain or Obama? I don‘t think you know what you’re talking about, let alone who you’re talking about.
Report Post »Fubared
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 12:56pmThen there is that little fence thingy.
Report Post »DCSKIHOG
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 12:56pmYou might want to review his voting record in the democratically controlled Senate before leveling such disparaging comments about this war hero.
Report Post »MAULEMALL
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 1:05pmHow many of these assmunches who put down McCain have given 1/100 that he has for this country..
Arm chair patriots are a dime a dozen..
Report Post »pavnvet
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 12:35pmThis is all because our beloved leader could not pass a security check. Obama has admitted that himself. Forget the hearings, start impeachment for high treason NOW.
Report Post »RLTW
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 12:45pmBHO acts like he’s the kid who just figured out how to beat donkey Cong, now he can’t help but brag to all his friends.
Report Post »Treaty
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 12:35pmLeaker In Chief?
Report Post »HorseCrazy
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 12:58pmyes he is. hopefully this investigation gets results instead of the fast and furious debacle
Report Post »PurrrpleMtnMajesty
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 12:34pmGod Bless John for speaking out.
Report Post »SquidVetOhio
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 12:47pmUh, isn’t this the same John “The Maverick” McCain that told we shouldn’t be afraid of having Obama as our Commander in Chief? I guess not, as long as keeping national security secrets quiet.
Report Post »dogday
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 12:34pmObama will use whatever he can to get reelected. National security? Who cares? Certainly not a narcissist.
Report Post »lexington_green
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 12:34pmputting our people in harm’s way in even greater danger as a re-election tactic. so wise. so enlightened. YOU PEOPLE ARE SOULLESS IDIOTS!!!! and where was all this backbone for the last four years johnny?
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