An interesting thought

Posed by Victor Davis Hanson over at The Corner:

Would that the Obama administration had cared as much about protecting the security secrets involving the Predator drone program, the bin Laden raid, the operations on the Afghan border and in Yemen, and the cyberwar against Iran as it is does about protecting the unknowns of Fast and Furious.

The Leaker??

Breitbart says that it's a trusted White House insider:

Pat Caddell joined Stephen K. Bannon on the "Victory Sessions" and told him that National Security Advisor Tom Donilon is likely the source of recent intelligence leaks that have prompted calls for an investigation by Democrat Senator Diane Feinstein.

Of course it was someone on the very inside.  And likely at the direction of The One.  Now the question is when he'll be tossed under the bus, just like Obama's "white grandmother", Reverend Wright and all the others.

Claiming credit

Claiming credit for the accomplishments of others is a standard operating procedure for The One.  But the Obama team may have overreached in some of their claims.  A bit of blowback from the Middle East, reported by Israel Matzav:

A group of Mossad agents speaking with Haaretz's Yossi Melman on condition of anonymity have said that the Mossad - and not the Bush administration - developed Stuxnet, and that President Obama is now trying to take credit for it in a bid to help his reelection campaign (Hat Tip: MFS - The Other News via Atlantic Wire). Please recall the David Sanger piece in the New York Times about Stuxnet, which I blogged last week, which claimed that the Bush administration had begun developing Stuxnet, that President Obama had ordered it accelerated, and that Israel had only joined in later. Now, look at what Melman has to say about it.

The Israeli officials actually told me a different version. They said that it was Israeli intelligence that began, a few years earlier, a cyberspace campaign to damage and slow down Iran’s nuclear intentions. And only later they managed to convince the USA to consider a joint operation — which, at the time, was unheard of. Even friendly nations are hesitant to share their technological and intelligence resources against a common enemy.

Israelis know how to punch back.  It's how they've survived.

Drip, drip, drip

The leaks.  Yep, they're becoming a more and more significant story every day the coverup continues.   Mario Loyola at NRO The Corner writes:

The president’s Friday press conference contained this precious gem: “The idea that my White House would purposely release national-security information is offensive.” Aye, Mr. President, ’ tis offensive. That’s why we’d like you to stop doing it.

As Senator John McCain pointed out, the president did not actually deny authorizing the leaks in question. That is the key issue: If the leaks were not authorized, they must be prosecuted. And if they are not prosecuted, we must assume they were authorized.

Lots more in the story.

My bet...there will be no prosecutions.  The "investigation" will slowly last until after the election, at which point it becomes moot.  Let's see how this plays out, but remember the lesson from Watergate.  It's the coverup that causes the damage.