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| {{Infobox film | |||
| | name = Dishonorable Disclosures | |||
| | image = Dishonorable_Disclosures_promo.jpg | |||
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| | director = <!-- Edward Brookover --> | |||
| | producer = <!-- Michael Faber --> | |||
| | writer = <!-- Edward Brookover --> | |||
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| | cinematography = <!-- Paul Van Haute --> | |||
| | editing = <!-- Michael Faber --> | |||
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| | released = {{Film date|2012|08|15|ref1=<ref name=wsj />}} | |||
| | runtime = 22 minutes | |||
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| | language = English | |||
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| '''''Dishonorable Disclosures''''' is a 2012 ] ] purporting to show that the administration of ] ] has endangered lives by allegedly leaking information about the ] that killed ] in 2011.<ref name="wsj">{{cite web | url=http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2012/08/15/faulting-obama-former-officers-plan-ads-on-bin-laden-leaks/ | title=Faulting Obama, Former Officers Plan Ads on Bin Laden Leaks | publisher=] | date=August 15, 2012 | accessdate=August 15, 2012 | author=Mundy, Alicia}}</ref> | |||
| The video was produced by the ], a group composed of former ] and ] operatives.<ref name=wsj /><ref name="reuters" /> The group released the film ahead of a political ad campaign focused on related matters and intends to show it in swing states leading up to the ].<ref name=nyt /> | |||
| ==Summary== | |||
| The 22-minute film alleges President Obama and his administration intentionally leaked sensitive details about covert intelligence operations.<ref name="watimes">{{cite web | url=http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/political-potpourri/2012/aug/15/announcement-opsec-operation-security-group-releas/ | title=OPSEC, Operational Security group release film condemning national security leaks | publisher=] | date=August 15, 2012 | accessdate=August 15, 2012 | author=Kubin, Jacquie}}</ref> According to a ] report, the film attempts to portray Obama "as a braggart taking credit for the accomplishments of special forces and intelligence operatives".<ref name="nyt">{{cite web | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/16/us/politics/ex-military-and-cia-officers-attack-obama-over-bin-laden-leaks.html | title=Ex-Officers Attack Obama Over Leaks on Bin Laden Raid | publisher=] | date=August 15, 2012 | accessdate=August 15, 2012 | author=Shane, Scott}} ()</ref> Included are interviews with former intelligence officers, who suggest that the White House deliberately leaked details about the raid on Bin Laden’s compound that could help terrorists identify the ] involved, along with other sensitive information.<ref name=wsj /> | |||
| Ben Smith, identified in the film as a former SEAL, is seen saying, "Mr. President, you did not kill Osama bin Laden, America did. The work that the American military has done killed Osama bin Laden. You did not. As a citizen, it is my civic duty to tell the president to stop leaking information to the enemy. It will get Americans killed."<ref name="reuters">{{cite web | url=http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/08/15/usa-campaign-binladen-ad-idINL2E8JE80520120815 | title=Special ops group attacks Obama over bin Laden bragging, leaks | publisher=] | date=August 15, 2012 | accessdate=August 15, 2012}}</ref> Fred Rustmann, a retired CIA officer, says in the video that days after the bin Laden raid, Hollywood elites were invited to the ] to be briefed on exactly how the raid took place. Rustmann alleged that the administration leaked "what kind of sources we had, what kind of methods we used, all for the purpose of making a Hollywood movie", referring to the movie '']'', which is set to be released in December, 2012.<ref name="huffpo2">{{cite web | url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/17/opsec-video-hollywood-dishonorable-disclosures-obama_n_1798005.html?utm_hp_ref=entertainment&ir=Entertainment | title=OPSEC 'Dishonorable Disclosures' Video Says Hollywood Received Leaked Information From Obama | publisher=] | date=August 17, 2012 | accessdate=August 18, 2012 | author=Miles, Kathleen}}</ref> Retired ] Lt. Col. Bill Cowan alleges that Obama divulged the covert information to Hollywood for political gain, saying in the video "When we divulge national security information such as the identity of the organization that killed Osama bin Laden, we have now put all of those men, all of their families, everybody around them at some sort of risk."<ref name=huffpo2 /> The film also alleges classified information was leaked about the ] virus attack on the ] and ] of suspected terrorists.<ref name="dallas1">{{cite web | url=http://dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com/2012/08/former-special-ops-cia-officers-go-directly-at-supposed-obama-strength.html/ | title=Former special ops, CIA officers go directly at supposed Obama strength | publisher=] | date=August 16, 2012 | accessdate=August 18, 2012 | author=Hashimoto, Mike}}</ref> | |||
| ==Responses to ''Dishonorable Disclosures''== | |||
| In an article about the film in the "Politics" section of ''],'' Scott Shane wrote that ] described itself as nonpartisan but that some of its leaders have been involved in Republican campaigns and ] groups.<ref name=nyt /> Specifically, Shane wrote that the film's featured former SEAL members include one whose Facebook page identifies him as a spokesman for the ] and several Republican campaigns, and that OPSEC’s president ran unsuccessfully as a Republican candidate for Congress in 2010.<ref name=nyt /> Shane asserted that the film, "in an effort to portray Mr. Obama as a braggart taking credit for the accomplishments of special forces and intelligence operatives,"<ref name=nyt />edited out Obama's crediting the "tireless and heroic work of our military and our counterterrorism professionals"<ref name=ObamaSpeech20110501/> from his announcement of bin Laden's killing; in this regard Shane quoted Admiral ] as having said that Obama "shouldered the burden" for this operation, "made the hard decisions," and was "instrumental in the planning process."<ref name=nyt /> Shane further wrote that OPSEC's president acknowledged Republican ties of some members but said that “as many or more (of the film's participants) are apolitical. ... This issue is more than just politics.”<ref name=nyt /> | |||
| ] published a critical analysis of the assertions in ''Dishonorable Disclosures,'' the article written by CNN's National Security Analyst ]. Bergen, author of '' Man Hunt: The Ten Year Search for Bin Laden From 9/11 to Abottabad,'' asserted that what precipitated the operation going public was not Obama's announcement of the raid but the crash of the Black Hawk helicopter, Pakistani journalists arriving at bin Laden's Abbottabad compound soon after the helicopter crashed.<ref name=CNNbergen20120819>{{cite news|last=]|first=Peter|title=Are 'Swift Boat' attacks on Obama bogus?|url=http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/17/opinion/bergen-obama-swift-boat/|accessdate=August 22, 2012|newspaper=CNN.com|date=August 19, 2012}} ()</ref> Bergen added that U.S. Adm. Mike Mullen had advised Obama that Pakistan's top military officer, Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, had asked for the U.S. to go public, swaying Obama to announce the raid sooner than was planned, Obama having wanted to wait for 100% DNA confirmation.<ref name=CNNbergen20120819/> Bergen noted that Obama's speech did not divulge the name of SEAL Team Six, instead saying that a "small team of Americans carried out the operation with extraordinary courage and capability."<ref name=CNNbergen20120819/><ref name=ObamaSpeech20110501> of Barack Obama's speech of May 1, 2011 (), Whitehouse.gov.</ref> Bergen wrote that as discussed in multiple news stories, SEALs are the principal Special Operations Forces in the Afghanistan/Pakistan theater, and that "obviously, a mission to take out bin Laden would not be entrusted to any other than these elite units" (referring to SEALs and Delta Force), adding that it remained unclear who first leaked the involvement of SEAL Team Six.<ref name=CNNbergen20120819/> Bergen asserted it was "just plain wrong" that anyone in the U.S. government leaked the name of Dr Shakil Afridi, that this information first surfaced in '']'' in July 2011 after Afridi was arrested by the Pakistani intelligence service.<ref name=CNNbergen20120819/> Bergen also wrote that it was entirely Obama's decision, made against the advice of both the vice president and secretary of defense, to launch the raid based on fragmentary intelligence that bin Laden might be there.<ref name=CNNbergen20120819/> Bergen asserted that the United States' use of drones in Pakistan "is one of the world's worst kept secrets," that disclosure of the ] virus attacks on the Iranian nuclear program had been reported since 2010, and that Iran publicly acknowledged the cyberattack two years earlier.<ref name=CNNbergen20120819/> | |||
| The ] compared the film to the ] attacks against ] presidential candidate ] ] in ].<ref name="nyt"/> A spokesperson for the campaign said, "No one in this group is in a position to speak with any authority on these issues and on what impact these leaks might have, and it's clear they've resorted to making things up for purely political reasons."<ref name="huffpo">{{cite web | url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/15/opsec-special-forces_n_1777538.html?utm_hp_ref=elections-2012 | title= OPSEC, Special Forces Group, Attacks Obama Over Bin Laden Bragging, Leaks | publisher=] | date=August 14, 2012 | accessdate=August 15, 2012 | author=Hosenball, Mark}}</ref> | |||
| ==References== | |||
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| ==External links== | |||
| * at the ] | |||
| * Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund Inc | |||
| * Dishonorable Diclosures on ] | |||
| * Official "President Obama on Death of Osama bin Laden" showing the May 1, 2011 speech by President Obama, posted to YouTube channel "whitehouse" on May 1, 2011 (). | |||
| *Whitehouse.gov of Barack Obama's speech of May 1, 2011 () announcing the ]. | |||
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