----- Holder Assigns U.S. Attorneys to Investigate Possible Classified Leaks

[Mira]

Source: New York Times

Breaking News Alert
The New York Times
Friday, June 8, 2012 -- 7:04 PM EDT
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Holder Assigns U.S. Attorneys to Investigate Possible Classified Leaks

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said in a statement on Friday that two United States attorneys had been assigned to investigate possible unauthorized disclosures of classified information.
Ronald C. Machen Jr., the attorney for the District of Columbia, and Rod J. Rosenstein of the District of Maryland will lead separate criminal investigations being conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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

Earlier on Friday, President Obama rebutted accusations that his administration leaked information about a terrorist “kill list” and cyberwarfare to make himself look tough in an election year. Without confirming the accuracy of the information — which was revealed in two articles in The New York Times last week — Mr. Obama said that such leaks dealt with the safety of the American people, its military and its allies.

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[LongTomH]

1. So, once again, we're going to spend millions in taxpayer dollars to investigate a Democratic....

...Administration, while the Republican corruption is ignored!

[12ZTR]

2. Had enough

I don't have words for the disgust I feel for the Democratic party.

[truedelphi]

5. Well if you don't like what is happening -

Then work even harder for the Party.

At least that is the meme I hear from Democratic Central here in Northern California.

[12ZTR]

8. Disgusted

Obama was elected to work harder for the party. I think he's the head of the party.
To whom much is given, much is expected.

[truedelphi]

10. Maybe this will cheer you up:

Mr Kinch explains being an activist to some kids:
http://www.commondreams.org/further/2012/06/08-3

How to stop the evil empire

Funny funny speaker and very passionate with good advice as well

[lob1]

3. No one will get busted, unless they smoke medical marijuana.

[JDPriestly]

4. What do you want to bet it will turn out to be Republican moles left over from the Bush era?

Trying to take the steam out of the Obama campaign.

Or disgruntled military and civil service.

Adding on edit, those particular bits of news were leaked to embarrass Obama and separate him from civil liberties, civil rights advocates like me and many other DUers.

Those leaks were not made by proud members of Obama's team. I'm sure he would have preferred to keep those aspects of his administration out of the news if only to avoid the inevitable and righteous criticism of his own supporters.

[KoKo]

6. Going after Glenn Greenwald who wrote about the Leaks to NYT about

the Obama so called "Kill List" where he chooses who and where the drones "take out Militants/Terrorists and the revelations in the MSM that Obama had ordered cyber attacks on Iran and others with the FLAME and Other Viral Attacks.

Glenn felt that if Obama "Officials" were leaking stuff to NYT and others as a campaign effort to show how strong he was on Foreign Policy that the "Whistle Blowers" that Obama's DOJ has gone against should be able to claim that if they are prosecuted for leaking classified info...then why isn't Obama's Campaign being prosecuted for the same thing.

ACLU has been told all our "Anti-Terrorist Activities" are too classified to reveal to ACLU and Human Rights Watchers and Advocates because our "War on Terror" efforts must be kept classified so that even lawyers defending Whistle Blowers are not allowed to see all the info the Govt. is using in their prosecution cases against them.

It's odd that Holder now decides to go against leakers when those two revelations about how our President is handling his War on Terror used quotes from people inside his own Administration. Why can they get away with leaking what should be classified info...while others who leak on moral conscience grounds are to be prosecuted but denied evidence to support them in trials?

[NinetyNinePercenter]

7. Yawn

Hello Valerie Plame.

What hypocrisy. Nothing will come of this.

[24601]

12. Maybe Holder will find out "Person A" was the original leaker but it's more convenient to

prosecute "Person B" - then you really would have the equivalent of the Plame case.

[AnotherMcIntosh]

9. Is this the same Holder who recommended and participated the the pardon of Marc Rich,

a fugitive financier, on his last full day at the Justice Department during the Clinton Administration?

Is this the same Holder who has been going after State-approved medical marijuana dispensaries?

The Holder who hasn't found a single bankster to prosecute?

[dmosh42]

11. This will have secondary priority to arresting pot smokers!

[indypaul]

13. So let us learn once more

there are no secrets in Washington D.C. The worse violators of
confidential information are useally memers of Congress and their staffs.
Instead of this BS let's have an investigation of the violation of voting rights
in Florida. Who compiled those lists from which data files, who
wrote the code and at whose direction. Answer these questions
and then you just might be doing something in the best interests
of the public you supposedly serve.

[lib2DaBone]

14. Hey.. what about the purging of voter rolls in Florida?

Is Holder too busy busting Cancer Patients to uphold the Voter Rights Act in Florida?

Gov pRick Scott and Congressman Tom Rooney have (in so many worlds) told Obama and Holder to F__ _ _ O_ _.

Mr. Obama... are you going to let this stand?

[Zax2me]

15. He's already addressed the purging in FLA

No one is in jail yet, but he is on it.
Geez, this man does a lot of good but is King when it comes to getting bad press.

[coalition_unwilling]

16. Has "he" -- Obama? Holder? -- already addressed the torture

and other crimes against humanity committed by the Bush Administration?

Oh wait, we're not supposed to look backward, only forward.

What-the-fuck-ever.

[yurbud]

17. what if we tell him some Wall Street bankers leaked classified info while smoking medical marijuana?

Maybe then he would start doing his fucking job.