$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '[')b]Ted Cruz Is Under Investigation For Possibly Leaking Classified Information During Debate
Sen. Ted Cruz is under investigation after he potentially revealed classified information during the CNN Republican presidential debate.
Ted Cruz is under investigation for this exchange with Marco Rubio during CNN’s Republican presidential debate:
CRUZ: Well, you know, I would note that Marco knows what he’s saying isn’t true. You know, Mark Levin wrote a column last week that says that the attack ads his Super PAC is running that are saying the same thing, that they are knowingly false, and they are, in fact, Alinsky-like attacks like Barack Obama.
And the reason is simple. What he knows is that the old program covered 20 percent to 30 percent of phone numbers to search for terrorists. The new program covers nearly 100 percent. That gives us greater ability to stop acts of terrorism, and he knows that that’s the case.
RUBIO: Dana, may I interject here?
BASH: Senator — Senator — Senator Rubio, please respond.
RUBIO: Let me be very careful when answering this because I don’t think national television in front of 15 million people is the place to discuss classified information.
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The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) said, “I’m having my staff look at the transcripts of the debate right now. Any time you deal with numbers… the question is ‘is that classified or not’ or is there an open source reference to it.”
Ted Cruz gave a specific number, and it is possible that the information Cruz blurted out on national television was classified information.
If Cruz leaked classified information on national television, he might have committed a federal crime. The fallout from Cruz’s remarks could be even worse for him because his Senate colleagues are not likely to cut the unpopular Texan any slack.
http://www.politicususa.com/2015/12/16/ted-cruz-investigation-possibly-leaking-classified-information-debate.html






