ABC Portrays Obama Admin Aggressively Pursuing Security Leaks--Rather Than Being Possible Source of Them

MarkF | June 9, 2012
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On Good Morning America, ABC News's Pierre Thomas never hints that the Obama administration was itself being accused of being the source of national security leaks.  To the contrary, Thomas frames the issue this way: "freedom of the press and the public's right to know is now on collision course with the government's desire to protect national security secrets."  Translation: the Obama admin is, even at the risk of impinging on other values, leading the fight to protect national security.  Gag us with a background briefing!