nhboy
08-20-2012, 07:28 AM
Link to original article. (http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-group-attacking-obama-for-security-leaks-includes-past-leakers-20120815,0,2590161.story)
More here. (http://www.businessinsider.com/obama-leak-attackers-turn-out-to-be-talkers-themselves-2012-8)
"WASHINGTON -- In politics, the story line rarely changes: Do as I say, not as I do.
Thus several former U.S. intelligence and special operations personnel who have accused President Obama of leaking and “politicizing” national security information have themselves talked publicly about sensitive security matters.
They are members of a new nonprofit group called Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund. Known as OPSEC, military shorthand for operational security, the group says it has raised about $1 million for TV ads and a short film called “Dishonorable Disclosures,” which criticizes the Obama administration for alleged national security leaks.
The organizers say they don’t intend to release a list of their donors or their members. Neither is required by law.
“It’s time for President Obama and other administration officials to stop jeopardizing national security operations for political gain,” said Fred Rustmann, an OPSEC member, who worked at the CIA for 24 years before he retired in 1990.
Rustmann and two other key members of the group, all self-described Republicans, have a history of talking openly to the media about national security, a review of articles and transcripts shows.
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"“People called me up and asked me questions and I answered the questions,” Rustmann said.
“I know what to say and what not to say,” Taylor said.
“There is a difference between talking broadly about some of these issues and disclosing information that is previously unknown about sensitive special operations missions,” Kolton said.
The three said OPSEC supporters were angry that the Obama administration released so many details of the SEAL raid that killed Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan, in May 2011.
“If you look at the history of these leaks, they look like they are made to make the president look strong,” Taylor said.
Obama campaign spokesman Ben Labolt likened OPSEC to Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, a group that launched a widely publicized, and then discredited, campaign that questioned the military record of Sen. John F. Kerry, the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee.
“The Republicans are resorting to Swift Boat tactics because when it comes to foreign policy and national security, Mitt Romney has offered nothing but reckless rhetoric,” LaBolt said.
More here. (http://www.businessinsider.com/obama-leak-attackers-turn-out-to-be-talkers-themselves-2012-8)
"WASHINGTON -- In politics, the story line rarely changes: Do as I say, not as I do.
Thus several former U.S. intelligence and special operations personnel who have accused President Obama of leaking and “politicizing” national security information have themselves talked publicly about sensitive security matters.
They are members of a new nonprofit group called Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund. Known as OPSEC, military shorthand for operational security, the group says it has raised about $1 million for TV ads and a short film called “Dishonorable Disclosures,” which criticizes the Obama administration for alleged national security leaks.
The organizers say they don’t intend to release a list of their donors or their members. Neither is required by law.
“It’s time for President Obama and other administration officials to stop jeopardizing national security operations for political gain,” said Fred Rustmann, an OPSEC member, who worked at the CIA for 24 years before he retired in 1990.
Rustmann and two other key members of the group, all self-described Republicans, have a history of talking openly to the media about national security, a review of articles and transcripts shows.
.....
"“People called me up and asked me questions and I answered the questions,” Rustmann said.
“I know what to say and what not to say,” Taylor said.
“There is a difference between talking broadly about some of these issues and disclosing information that is previously unknown about sensitive special operations missions,” Kolton said.
The three said OPSEC supporters were angry that the Obama administration released so many details of the SEAL raid that killed Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan, in May 2011.
“If you look at the history of these leaks, they look like they are made to make the president look strong,” Taylor said.
Obama campaign spokesman Ben Labolt likened OPSEC to Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, a group that launched a widely publicized, and then discredited, campaign that questioned the military record of Sen. John F. Kerry, the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee.
“The Republicans are resorting to Swift Boat tactics because when it comes to foreign policy and national security, Mitt Romney has offered nothing but reckless rhetoric,” LaBolt said.