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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?
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenDrone 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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3 storiesWill Eric Holder Be Held in Contempt of Congress?
The White House has escalated the administration's clash with Congress over the so-called "Fast and Furious" scandal, in which the Justice Department lost track of weapons that turned up in Mexico.
Read the story7 minLeaks, National Security and Presidential Politics
The Obama White House is accused of leaking classified information to make the President look good and of punishing whistleblowers who make him look bad. Earlier this month, California Senator Dianne Feinstein expressed concern about threats to national security to CNN's Wolf Blitzer.
Read the story36 minMaraniss on Obama
When Barack Obama's biographer finally sat down with his subject, he had learned more than the President himself knew about his ancestry and his own family. David Maraniss is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist at the Washington Post and the acclaimed biographer of former President Bill Clinton.
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