Are Recent Intelligence Leaks Wildly Overblown?

Obama Leak 'Scandal' Is Wildly Overblown -- Peter Bergen, CNN

(CNN) -- On Monday, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney called for the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate a series of recent leaks that critics charge are designed to bolster the national security credentials of the Obama administration.

Investigations by special prosecutors can take on a life of their own.

Recall that the investigation of the Whitewater real estate deal in Arkansas -- in which Bill and Hillary Clinton actually lost money -- morphed into the scandal of the Monica Lewinsky affair.

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My Comment: If this leak "scandal" is overblown, why did the "leak" of Valerie Plame's position at the CIA entailed nonstop news coverage for years, the appointment of a special prosecutor (even though the leaker was known), and the conviction of Vice President Cheney's Chief of Staff (not because of the leak) and imprisonment.

You cannot have your cake .... and eat it to.

As to the assertion that these leaks have not harmed anyone .... tell that to Pakistani doctor Shakil Afridi.