Saturday,  June 9, 2012 • Vol. 12--No. 331 • 28 of 36 •  Other Editions

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AP News in Brief
US attorneys to probe classified leaks; Obama calls claims of deliberate leaks 'offensive'

• WASHINGTON (AP) -- Two U.S. attorneys are taking over separate FBI investigations into leaks of national security information that critics have accused the White House of orchestrating to improve President Barack Obama's re-election chances, a claim Obama calls "offensive" and "wrong."
• Recent news articles contained details of U.S. involvement in a partially successful computer virus attack on Iran's nuclear program and on the selection of targets for counterterrorism assassination plots. The leaked information generally painted

Obama as a decisive and hands-on commander in chief.
• "The notion that my White House would purposely release classified national security information is offensive. It's wrong," Obama told reporters at a news conference Friday. "And people I think need to have a better sense of how I approach this office and how the people around me here approach this office."
• Obama promised investigations into the source of leaks about U.S. involvement in cyberattacks on Iran and drone strikes on sus

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