Facing withering fire from Congress over the security lapses that led to US Ambassador Chris Stevens’ death in Libya last month, the White House is fighting back the way it knows best: with media leaks.
The Washington Post says Team Obama has held “a series of secret meetings” to consider unilateral strikes against the terrorists who killed Stevens.
Obama’s other mouthpiece, The New York Times, reported yesterday that the “top-secret Joint Special Operations Command” is preparing “target packages” about suspects in the attack, in case the president decides to pull the trigger.
Shouldn’t the “secret meetings” of this “top secret” group stay, well . . . secret?
Not when the news serves Obama’s political purposes, making him look like a better leader than the one who allowed an ambassador to be murdered on his watch.
We’re all for killing terrorists — but this is laughable: Obama said such leaks “will not be tolerated,” and the Justice Department is already “investigating” a slew of other national-security leaks.
It’s dangerous, too: Libyan militants will be on guard, since the Times has reported that the US is “putting together information on where these individuals live, who their family members and their associates are, and their entire pattern of life.”
From Obama’s lips to the killers’ ears.
The White House is willing to endanger operational security yet again for some political cover. Disgraceful, as ever.