FBI won’t provide regulation that Obama says kept him in dark on Petraeus probe

[unhappycamper]

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/11/14/174674/fbi-wont-provide-regulation-that.html


FBI won’t provide regulation that Obama says kept him in dark on Petraeus probe
Posted on Wednesday, November 14, 2012
By Steven Thomma and Jonathan S. Landay | McClatchy Newspapers

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Wednesday that FBI rules kept him in the dark about a sex scandal investigation until after his re-election, but his administration refused to release those rules, and a Bush-era policy on investigations included a large loophole that might have allowed notification of the White House in such a high-profile case.

In his first public comments since retired Army Gen. David Petraeus resigned Friday from the CIA over an affair with his biographer, Obama said he’d seen no evidence that national security had been compromised.

“I have no evidence at this point from what I’ve seen that classified information was disclosed that in any way would have had a negative impact on our national security,” Obama told a White House news conference. “Obviously, there’s an ongoing investigation. I don’t want to comment on the specifics of the investigation.”

In response to questions, Obama said he was not informed about the FBI investigation earlier as a matter of government policy, not any desire to keep the news bottled up until after the election.

[Coyotl]

1. Everyone knows what that regulation is, so this paper is biased or stupid

The FBI cannot discuss ongoing cases if no criminal activity is found. SIMPLE!