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June 11, 2012

Holder Appoints U.S. Attorneys for Leak Probe 
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Attorney General Eric Holder has appointed two prosecutors to head a
probe into recent leaks of information on classified government
programs. Holder announced the investigation after bi-partisan anger
over published reports revealing President Obama's secret "kill list" as
well as the U.S.-Israeli use of cyberweapons to target Iran's nuclear
program. The FBI had already announced a probe of the cyberweapons
operation last week. In appointing the prosecutors, Holder rebuffed
calls from lawmakers to appoint an independent special counsel outside
of his office's control. At a White House news conference on Friday,
President Obama rejected suggestions the leaks may have come from his
administration to bolster his re-election bid.

President Obama: "The notion that my White House would purposely release
classified national security information is offensive. It's wrong and
people I think need to have a better sense of how I approach this office
and of how the people around me approach this office."

 

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