Friday, June 8, 2012
House of Representatives , Mike Rogers (Mike Rogers).
CIA and the U.S. Department of Justice refused to cooperate with congressmen involved in the investigation of leaks of information about the activities of U.S. intelligence .This , according to Associated Press, on a bipartisan press conference on June seven , said head of the committee on intelligence activities of the House of Representatives , Mike Rogers (Mike Rogers)." Just today, the CIA informed the committee that it can not respond to our request concerning data leakage " - said Rogers , describing the behavior of security forces "very disturbing ".Department of Justice, said the congressman , refused to cooperate in the investigation of at least one episode of the disclosure of classified information.Nevertheless , Rogers confirmed the intention to continue the investigation.As noted by The New York Times, chairman of the committee linked the rejection of the Ministry of the fact that in some cases, perpetrators of leaks could be just his staff .However, in a statement released later, Rogers refused to direct accusations , saying only the " serious problems " in the ministry in connection with the investigation .In connection with the " leakage flow " committees of the Senate and House of Representatives intend to develop a bill that toughens conditions for access to state secrets .According to the Senate Intelligence Committee Dianne Feinstein (Dianne Feinstein), this means in particular that the White House, lawmakers warned in advance of the intention to disclose confidential information , thus explaining his motives .In addition , we discuss the possibility of increasing the punishment for divulging classified information.The CIA and the FBI announced an investigation into " drain " of classified information on May ten.Prior to this, the media got information about a secret agent of American, British and Saudi intelligence , embedded in the " Al -Qaeda " ( thanks to his assistance, in particular , managed to prevent the terrorist attack on board a commercial aircraft ).In addition, the press became aware of the fact that at the request of President Barack Obama , Americans attacked the computer systems associated with the Iranian nuclear program.May twenty-three congressional Republicans have asked intelligence agencies to check for the presence of the "source" media presidential administration .Senator John McCain said that Obama is deliberately leaked the successes of intelligence in order to increase its ranking on the eve of the election.The White House accused the senator denied .
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