Hume reported House GOP denunciation of covert ops leak to ABC, but
 
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2007 16:08:04 -0400


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<p><b>Hume reported House GOP denunciation of covert ops leak to ABC, but not CIA
and White House's lack of objection </b></p>
<p><a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200706070005?src=item200706070005">http://mediamatters.org/items/200706070005</a></p>

<p>On the June 6 edition of Fox News&#39; <i>Special Report</i>, Fox News Washington
managing editor <a href="http://mediamatters.org/issues_topics/people/brithume?src=item200706070005">Brit Hume</a> reported that "[a] group of House Republicans is calling for an investigation into
leaks" to ABC News that led to ABC&#39;s May 22 <a href="http://mediamatters.org/rd?src=item200706070005&http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/05/bush_authorizes.html">report</a> that "the
CIA is conducting covert actions in Iran" with President Bush&#39;s approval. Those Republicans, Hume stated, "complain that such leaks
about covert operations, quote, &#39;tip our hand to help our enemies.&#39;
" But Hume did not report that, according to a statement by ABC News, the
White House and the CIA offered no objections to the ABC report. </p>

<p>From a May 23 <a href="http://mediamatters.org/rd?src=item200706070005&http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/05/gop_candidates_.html">entry</a> on the ABC News
weblog The Blotter: </p><blockquote>

<p>In a
statement ABC News said, "In the six days since we first contacted the CIA
and the White House, at no time did they indicate that broadcasting this report
would jeopardize lives or operations on the ground. ABC News management gave
them the repeated opportunity to make whatever objection they wanted to
regarding our report. They chose not to." </p></blockquote>

<p>From the June 6 edition of Fox
News&#39; <i>Special Report with Brit Hume</i>:
</p><blockquote>

<p>

HUME: A
group of House Republicans is calling for an investigation into leaks reported
by ABC News claiming the CIA is conducting covert actions in Iran. ABC News
reported last month that President Bush has ordered a campaign of propaganda,
disinformation, and financial manipulation in Iran. The Republicans complain that
such leaks about covert operations, quote, "tip our hand to help our
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</b> Contact: <br />
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