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The hunt for this of course of several national security -- is leading some to suspect.

Members of the Obama administration are responsible.

It's a notion that house -- -- -- that chief intelligence correspondent Catherine Herridge has.

Pressed on the source of the national security leaks President Obama insisted investigators should look beyond the White House.

It's the notion that.

My White House.

Would purposely.

Release.

Classified national security information.

His offense.

As for a special prosecutor to investigate the -- the president suggested the FBI is enough.

Now.

We have mechanisms in place.

Where if we can root out folks who have -- They will suffer consequences.

In some cases.

It's from all.

There had been at least two high level briefings on Capitol Hill in the last 24 hours the first by the Director of National Intelligence the nation's top intelligence official.

James -- was furious and outraged by the number and severity of the leaks according to lawmakers.

FBI director Robert Mueller briefed the senate intelligence committee for more than seventeen minutes.

The bureau is investigating leaks on the Yemen bomb plot involving upgraded version of this device and they -- US involvement in the -- that computer virus.

If you deal with clandestine activity.

And if it's Covert activities which it has a special place.

It's all classified and very few people have access to it technically.

You know if you notice I don't believe leaks are coming out of either one of these committees.

If they're coming from elsewhere.

In a separate inquiry by the House Intelligence Committee the first step to a full committee investigation.

Chairman Mike Rogers said the probe into the leaks about the Yemen plot quickly expanded.

It showed a clear pattern of more sensitive more brazen more bold and releases.

Including.

-- identifiers that got a very close to very senior leadership in the executive branch.

In a statement responding to the president Senator John McCain again called for special prosecutor because he says the evidence points to the White House.

Quote the journalists themselves identify some of the sources for their articles as administration officials aides to the president.

Members of the president's national security team who were in the White House situation room during key discussions.

The -- undercut the US government's ability to collect information they undercut our relationship with foreign intelligence services.

And a former senior intelligence official told fox that it leaks raise the very real prospect of retaliation.

Given claims the US government was behind the -- that computer virus that crippled Iran's nuclear program crest.

More on this with the panel thank you so much comfort.

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