A group of former special operations and C.I.A. officers accuse President Obama of spiking the football -- taking credit for killing Osama bin Laden, and recklessly leaking intelligence information about the raid that killed Osama bin Laden and other security matters solely to gain political advantage.
"Mr. President, you did not kill Osama bin Laden, America did. The work that the American military has done killed Osama bin Laden. You did not." -- Ben Smith, a Navy SEAL
The Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund Inc, argues that high level Obama administration's leaks are damaging U.S. security. They make their case in a new video called "Dishonorable Disclosures: How Leaks and Politics Threaten National Security."
Watch the very well done documentary video;
The good folks at Special Operations OPSEC see their mission as stopping President Obama and others, from politically capitalizing on U.S. national security operations and secrets, which allows the special operations and intelligence capabilities to be degraded., and educating the public about the importance and necessity of Operational Security. The video does a good job of doing that.
The Former Special Operations and C.I.A. are upset about the "avalanche" of leaks obviously intended to politically benefit Obama:
- Immediate disclosure of the killing of Osama bin Laden rather than waiting to exploit the information taken by SEAL Team Six.
- Disclosure and special access to Department of Defense and C.I.A details about the Osama bin Laden operation to Hollywood filmmakers.
- Disclosure of the unit, the cover name, The aircraft that were used, the number of raiders, and how the team entered and moved around the grounds.
- Disclosure of details pertaining to the intelligence gathering before the raid, including the identity of the Pakistani doctor who provided information.
- Disclosure of U.S. and Israeli involvement in the computer viruses which targeted Iran's nuclear program.
- Disclosure of a joint U.S./British/Israeli covert operation that planted a spy in Al Qaeda's affiliate in Yemen, whose information stopped a terrorist bomb plot against a U.S.-bound airliner.
- Disclosure of the secret Obama "Kill List."
OPSEC is not alone in being outraged about the Obama Administration's national security leaks. Former Democrat Senator Bob Kerrey, took Obama to task for his decision to disclose some details of the Osama bin Laden operation:
"By describing certain methods — the name of the unit involved, the kinds of equipment employed, the nature of intelligence collected and techniques of insertion and extraction used in the operation — the President violated a key rule of clandestine work."
Democrat Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, has also gone after Obama for controversial leaks of classified information, saying "I think the White House has to understand that some of this is coming from their ranks." She was even tougher during an appearance on CNN's "Situation Room" program:
"What we're seeing...is an Anschluss, an avalanche of leaks. And it's very, very disturbing. You know, it's dismayed our allies. It puts American lives in jeopardy. It puts our nation's security in jeopardy."
But nobody summed up as well as former defense secretary, Robert Gates, who blasted the Obama White House's leaks and told the Obama national security team to "Shut the f--- up."
Watch the "Dishonorable Disclosures" video.
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