Pete Souza/White House
Spying Case Left Obama in Dark, U.S. Officials Say -- New York Times
WASHINGTON — When President Obama placed a call to Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany last Thursday, he had a busy agenda: to consult with a close ally and to mobilize wavering Europeans to put more pressure on Russia to end its covert incursions in Ukraine.
What Mr. Obama did not know was that a day earlier, a young German intelligence operative had been arrested and had admitted that he had been passing secrets to the Central Intelligence Agency.
While Ms. Merkel chose not to raise the issue during the call, the fact that the president was kept in the dark about the blown spying operation at a particularly delicate moment in American relations with Germany has led frustrated White House officials to question who in the C.I.A.’s chain of command was aware of the case — and why that information did not make it to the Oval Office before the call.
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My Comment: So typical of the New York Times .... making excuses for President Obama on why he was "clued out" on U.S. spying operations in Germany ... and then blaming the CIA for not telling the White House that one of their operatives (now two) have been arrested in Germany. If this was President Bush .... I could guarantee that the tone and direction of the New York Times would be totally different.
But the bottom line is still the same .... President Obama IS the President .... and the CIA is under his jurisdiction. If he is not responsible for the organization ... then who is?
