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STATEMENT BY SENATOR JOHN McCAIN ON THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION’S NATIONAL SECURITY LEAKS
June 8, 2012
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) today released the following statement on President Obama’s comments today on his Administration’s national security leaks:
“At today’s press conference, the President sought to distance his Administration from the leaks of highly sensitive and classified national security information recently published in the media.
“However, the journalists themselves identify some of the sources for their articles as ‘administration officials,’ ‘aides’ to the President, ‘members of the President’s national security team who were in the [White House Situation Room]’ during key discussions, an official ‘who requested anonymity to speak about what is still a classified program,’ and ‘current … American officials … [who would not] allow their names to be used because the effort remains highly classified, and parts of it continue to this day.’ In his book, New York Times reporter David Sanger writes that several of his sources would be “fired” for what they told him, presumably due to the classified information that was divulged.
“What the President did not unequivocally say today is that none of the classified or highly sensitive information recently leaked to the media came from the White House. I continue to call on the President to immediately appoint a special counsel to fully investigate, and where necessary, prosecute these gravely serious breaches of our national security.”
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