was to defend the White House from McCain and others' ludicrous claims
http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2012/06/07/kerry-white-house-not-involved-in-leaks/
Kerry: White House: "Not involved" in leaks
Kerry adamant White House not involved in intelligence leaks
By Ted Barrett
The Democratic chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said he is “really upset” about recent leaks of classified information because it “endangers our long-term security” and it “begs retaliation.” But Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts was adamant that no one at the White House or in Democratic politics was involved in the leaks.
“I know that people at the White House were not involved,” he said.
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Asked about suggestions from Sen. John McCain of Arizona and other Republicans that the leaks came from someone trying to boost the president’s political standing, Kerry said they are wrong.
“McCain needs to know, before people make that kind of accusation, the reporters themselves have said it did not come from anybody on the Obama team or on the Democratic side or anything like that,” Kerry said. “I take that at face value.”
I admit I have the same worries about Internet disruptions due to such a virus, but I thought that announcing the virus was just an attempt to raise the war drums a little more. Obviously, Iran having nuclear weapons is frightening, but why is it more frightening than Pakistan, for example, or any other country for the matter, as it could fall into the hands of crazy people at all times. At the same time, why would Iran be deprived of nuclear energy. As we all know, oil is a non renewable resource and is dangerous for our planet. Why it would be preferable to see them shift to solar, I am unclear what this accomplishes, except getting the Iranian people against the US. It is frustrating to see that American politicians fall in line behind the cyber rattling of the Israeli far right (looks a lot like the drum beating before the Iraqi War).
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