Yahoo News: The Justice Department’s seizure of Associated
Press reporters’ phone records was reportedly one element of a “sweeping” federal
investigation to find out who leaked classified information about a failed
Al-Qaeda plot to bomb an American airliner.
Now, the Obama administration has reportedly
apologized to Israel for another leak of classified information to the media,
one that occurred earlier
this month and which Israeli officials are concerned could place
Israeli lives at risk.
Israel Radio’s diplomatic correspondent Chico Menashe
reported Sunday morning (via the Jerusalem
Post):
American officials apologized to their Israeli counterparts
for confirming that Israel was behind the airstrikes on the Damascus airport
earlier this month, Israel Radio reported on Sunday.
The confirmation reportedly came from the lower ranks at the
Pentagon, and the reasons for the leak are being investigated.
Menashe tweeted:
“The U.S. has apologized to Israel for leaking details of the attack
in Syria. Senior administration officials said to their [Israeli]
counterparts that they are examining the issue and that low-level [officials]
were responsible for the leak.”
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