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Obama: ‘No Apologies’ For Investigating Leaks Of Classified
May 16, 2013, 3:28 PM
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Obama: ‘No Apologies’ For Investigating Leaks Of Classified Information
Source: TPM
Asked to address the controversial seizure of phone logs from Associated Press journalists by the Department of Justice, President Barack Obama on Thursday said he had no regrets for prosecuting individuals responsible for leaking classified information because they placed the country at risk.
"I make no apologies and I don't think the American people would expect me as commander-in-chief not to be concerned about information that might compromise their missions or might get them killed," he said, standing alongside Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the White House Rose Garden.
"I also think it's important to recognize," he added, "that, you know, when we express concern about leaks at a time when I've still got 60,000 plus troops in Afghanistan and I've still got a whole bunch of intelligence officers around the world who are in risky situations in outposts that in some cases are as dangerous as the outpost in Benghazi, that part of my job is to make sure that we're protecting what they do while still accommodating for the need for information."
The Associated Press and a slew of media organizations filed vehement protests after the Department of Justice revealed it had seized phone records of three AP bureaus in connection to an investigation of an administration leak following a foiled bomb plot in Yemen last year.
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/obama-no-apologies-for-investigating-leaks-of-classified
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Re: Obama: ‘No Apologies’ For Investigating Leaks Of Classified
May 16, 2013, 3:30 PM
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more lies from king mutt and his minions. Clearly his intention is to put all journalists in concentration camps so his evil regime can operate with impunity.
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YEP..time to round the PUB media up send them to camp.. ;^)***
May 16, 2013, 3:32 PM
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Re: YEP..time to round the PUB media up send them to camp.. ;^)***
May 16, 2013, 3:34 PM
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I think the heat in Cuba would be unhealthy for Rush.
A fat drug addict needs his AC.
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tell that POS to go F##K hisself***
May 16, 2013, 9:31 PM
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Re: Obama: ‘No Apologies’ For Investigating Leaks Of Classified
May 16, 2013, 9:32 PM
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he stepped on it or stepped in it when he tapped the AP
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Re: Obama: ‘No Apologies’ For Investigating Leaks Of Classified
May 16, 2013, 9:36 PM
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both, and I bet he had their offices and homes bugged too, rotten POS.
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Re: I actually agree with this
May 16, 2013, 11:03 PM
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There were times during the aftermath of 911 and the years prior to Bin Ladens death that I found myself shocked at the sensitive intelligence the media would report. Oftentimes they would report US intentions and operational details that left me asking how in the hell they knew what they knew and why they/we were openly warning the other side about what was coming. When it comes to security, the media is on no ones side except their own.
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Re: I actually agree with this
May 17, 2013, 12:16 AM
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i agree to a point, but with all the resources at his disposal, seems like they could have found the leak without all the harumph of tapping the phone lines of the AP
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If Obama is so concerned about the wellfare of the soldiers
May 17, 2013, 1:45 PM
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then why does he have them over there risking their lives in the first place? huh?  Seems as if Obama is contradicting himself.....
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