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To the Point

A Cascade of Secret Intelligence Leaks

Drone attacks, Stuxnet, and how Osama bin Laden was killed. Has the Obama White House leaked too much classified information? Are leaks threatening national security?

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By Warren Olney • Jun 20, 2012 • 50m Listen

Drone attacks, the Stuxnet virus and exactly how Osama bin Laden was killed. Has the Obama White House leaked too much classified information or did reporters ferret it out on their own? Are leaks threatening national security? Does the public have a right to know? Also, will Attorney General Eric Holder be held in contempt of Congress? On Reporter's Notebook, how Barack Obama's own story differs from what a new biographer has discovered about the President's ancestry and his early life.

Banner image: President Barack Obama speaks about the economy and allegations of White House leaks in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House June 8, 2012 in Washington, DC. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

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    Warren Olney

    former KCRW broadcaster

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    KCRW

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    Andrea Brody

    Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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    Independent Producer

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