RUSH: Let\u2019s go to audio sound bites — let\u2019s see — one and two. Remember the name Tony Shaffer? Tony Shaffer, former CIA analyst. He was on the Fox Business Network, a program called Risk & Reward, Elizabeth MacDonald, the host. And they were talking about the resignation of Michael Flynn. This was Wednesday night. And Elizabeth MacDonald said, “There have been leaks about phone calls with the president and leaders of Australia and Mexico as well as the investigation into the Russian alleged interference and the hacks into the DNC. Are leaks by Obama officials a problem?”<\/p>\n
SHAFFER: Absolutely. And I put this right at the feet of John Brennan and Jim Clapper, and I would even go so far as to say the White House was directly involved before they left. I\u2019d put this on Ben Rhodes and those folks. Let\u2019s be clear on this. I\u2019ve watched this very carefully, the coverage, and when you have NBC reporting that they\u2019ve talked to six officials who have seen the transcript, someone is basically giving away both sensitive methods — the fact that they read a communication that was intercepted by sensitive methods — and, more importantly, that they\u2019re saying that they saw this information which was beyond top secret, which tells me that clearly someone had to have access to that, and that is a key issue.<\/p>\n