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cal04

(41,505 posts) Wed Jul 25, 2012, 10:41 AM Jul 2012

Axelrod: President Obama didn’t ‘authorize’ anyone at White House to leak

President Obama senior campaign adviser David Axelrod on Wednesday insisted the president did not authorize anyone at the White House to leak the classified national-security information that has led to congressional anger and a Justice Department probe.

“I can tell you that the president of the United States did not leak classified information, as Mitt Romney suggested yesterday, and he didn’t authorize the leak of information, as Mitt Romney suggested yesterday,” Axelrod told MSNBC’s "Morning Joe."

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Axelrod said “strong signals have been sent” that leaks will not be tolerated, and said two U.S. attorneys and the Department of Justice will “get to the bottom of whatever happened.”

“The president will never, ever authorize the release of classified information, nor will he jeopardize the safety of the men and women whose safety he is responsible for as commander in chief,” Axelrod said.

http://thehill.com/blogs/defcon-hill/policy-and-strategy/239933-axelrod-obama-didnt-authorize-anyone-at-white-house-to-leak

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Axelrod: President Obama didn’t ‘authorize’ anyone at White House to leak (Original Post) cal04 Jul 2012 OP

Is this Romney saying Turbineguy Jul 2012 #1

BREAKING: Mitt Romney Accuses Obama Of Having A Third Eye uponit7771 Jul 2012 #2

Kind of an odd statement jberryhill Jul 2012 #3

I saw Axelrod on Morning Joe ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2012 #5

Did This Leak Come From The White House?...... global1 Jul 2012 #4

Turbineguy

(37,372 posts)

1. Is this Romney saying

Reply to cal04 (Original post)

Wed Jul 25, 2012, 10:44 AM

Jul 2012

that his administration will not be like the Bush Administration?

uponit7771

(90,364 posts)

2. BREAKING: Mitt Romney Accuses Obama Of Having A Third Eye

Reply to cal04 (Original post)

Wed Jul 25, 2012, 10:46 AM

Jul 2012

...at some point the M$M has to think that reporting on rMoneys lies without context is slimy

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

3. Kind of an odd statement

Reply to cal04 (Original post)

Wed Jul 25, 2012, 10:53 AM

Jul 2012

“The president will never, ever authorize the release of classified information"

The president has full authority to do exactly that.

The president, by definition, cannot "leak classified information". He has the full executive authority to release any information he would like on any terms.

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)

5. I saw Axelrod on Morning Joe ...

Reply to jberryhill (Reply #3)

Wed Jul 25, 2012, 11:37 AM

Jul 2012

And I could have sworn that he said, "The president will never, ever authorize the LEAK ~~release~~ of classified information."

But that said, I completely agree; the President, as CinC, has the absolute power to release, or authorize the release, of classified information ... and, I believe I read somewhere, so can the Chair of the Joint Chief, so long as it does not counteract a presidential directive (IOW, he tells the president that he plans to release/authorize the release of classified information, and he can do so unless the president tells him not to.

global1

(25,272 posts)

4. Did This Leak Come From The White House?......

Reply to cal04 (Original post)

Wed Jul 25, 2012, 11:01 AM

Jul 2012

The leaks that Rmoney is referring to - did it in fact come from the White House? or was there a leak and they are just pointing fingers at the WH? Who else besides the WH would have been privy to what was leaked?

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