Friday, May 18, 2012

NYT Admits: White House Leaked Bin Laden Raid Info

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Obama’s Bin Laden Leaks Angered Military -- Washington Examiner

When they published their revealing book last August about the nation’s fight against terrorism, the authors, two New York Times national security reporters, immediately felt heat from the Pentagon for dishing too much operational info about the killing of Osama bin Laden.

“I was stopped by a very senior officer in the special operations community who basically wanted to rip my lungs out,” said Thom Shanker, who co-authored “Counterstrike: The Untold Story of America's Secret Campaign Against Al Qaeda,” with Eric Schmitt.

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My Comment:
I suspect that the reason why these two New York Times national security correspondents are divulging their source(s) is because they have been ostracized by many within the Pentagon for their news reporting of the Bin laden raid.

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