WASHINGTON. - In an effort to restrict national security leaks, the Senate and House Intelligence Committee seek to introduce a bill that would clamp down national security leaks. The legislation comes as a result of republicans accusing the Obama administration of leaking security information to bolster President Obama's re-election chances.
Leaks about the Obama "Kill List," divulged by the New York Times last month and the recent revelation about America's role in the Iranian internet attack on its nuclear facilities has prompted many from the republican party, including 2008 G.O.P presidential candidate, Senator John McCain, to point fingers at the Obama administration for leaking this information to the media in order to make President Obama look good.
However, Senate Intelligence Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein, is not accusing the president or his administration of doing so, telling the Washington Post, "This is not finger-pointing at anybody...What we're trying to do is say we have a problem and we want to stop that problem."
Others in White House are not shying away from lambasting "the administration's manipulative game-playing with its secrecy powers," as reported by Washington Post.
Senator McCain said, "They're intentionally leaking information to enhance President Obama's image as a tough guy for the elections," according to Washington Post.
The Obama administration calls the accusation "grossly irresponsible," as reported by Foreign Policy.
According to a report by Foreign Policy magazine, the story on the "kill list," which revealed Obama oversees and approves of every name on the targeted terrorist kill list, has resulted in an 83 percent political boost to Obama's drone policy.The drone policy has been heavily criticized by Pakistan (since they s have resulted in the deaths of many Pakistani civilians) as violating international law and war laws.
