Monday, February 08, 2010

Bond Refuses Apology Says White House Leaked Information

As an average citizen, this kind of thing really ticks me off. There ought to be a way to fire Congress people prior to their terms being up:
Sen. Kit Bond (R-Mo.) on Sunday refused to apologize per the White House's request for saying that they leaked sensitive intelligence about the Christmas Day bomber.

Bond said that the White House owes an apology for putting the investigation of the attempted terror attack in jeopardy.
Gibbs and counterterrorism chief John Brennan blame Bond:
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs this week called on Bond to apologize "to the law enforcement community and those that work in this building" for alleging the White House had leaked classified information about its Flight 253 investigation.

None of that information about Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's recent cooperation with investigators was classified, Gibbs assured reporters during Thursday's press briefing.

"I think anybody that was involved in knowing in the Senate Intelligence Committee what was briefed and what was reported would know that that wasn't violated," Gibbs said.

Read more at the Hill