Thursday, May 19, 2011

CIA Director: No More Leaks On The Bin Laden Raid .... Or Else

Leon E. Panetta CIA Director. Photo from After America's Blog

CIA Director Tells Workforce To Stop Talking About bin Laden Raid — Or Face Legal Action -- Washington Post/AP

WASHINGTON — CIA director Leon Panetta is warning his employees that leakers will be investigated and possibly prosecuted after a flurry of reports in the media about the technology and methods used to track and ultimately kill Osama bin Laden.

In a memo obtained by The Associated Press, Panetta told staff Wednesday that the disclosure of classified information to anyone not cleared for it — reporters, friends, colleagues in other agencies or former CIA officers — can endanger lives.

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My Comment: This same threat of legal action should be passed along to the staff in the White House (where probably most of these leaks come from) .... but I suspect that this is not going to happen.

Oh by the way .... details of this raid can be read at the AP (the link is here).

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