Hey, Pvt. Manning, Panetta Revealed Top Secret Information To “Zero Dark Thirty” Filmmaker

What little respect people had former DOD Secretary Leon Panetta is apt to soon disappear. An Inspector General report accuses Panetta, while Director of the CIA of revealing top secret information at a CIA awards ceremony attended by “Zero Dark Thirty” filmmaker Mark Boal

“During this awards ceremony, Director Panetta specifically recognized the unit that conducted the raid and identified the ground commander by name,” the draft report said. “According to the DOD Office of Security Review, the individual’s name is protected from public release” under federal law.

Reflecting the appalling politicization that is the hallmark of the Obama administration the release of the report was postponed until after the election. This is the same administration that went to court to obtain the phone record of Fox reporter James Rosen. How is Leon Panetta less culpable than Bradley Manning? Read more.