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Another intelligence league revealing the US and Israel developed a computer virus meant to choke Iran's nuclear program.

Security experts called the most sophisticated program to date John Bolton for -- listen -- Muller Fox News.

This is serious again it was called flame the program ones.

How serious was this in relation to the other leaks we've already been learning about.

Well I think when you add it to what's already been said about the stocks -- virus and our cyber warfare capabilities generally.

It helps add to the picture of what were up to what we in the Israelis are up to it tells Iran and other potential adversaries.

A lot about our thinking and our capabilities and it allows them to project from that things that will help them build defenses.

I just think the whole thing is such an outrageous violation of the trust.

That's put in officials whether in the intelligence community the military the State Department.

To it to breached their obligations the -- they've taken not to reveal classified information -- -- this and the government.

Or they've left that this is from the Washington Post one former high ranking US intelligence official.

Was quoted in there there are there why is this happening.

Well I think there's been a deterioration.

Over time the of the ethic of keeping things secret.

But I think in this context.

Again you have to look at this -- get together with the others in the series over the past couple months.

That that very much look like the administration touting its successes and for all we can tell flame and stocks -- -- successes I understand that.

But that doesn't justify in any way either the White House or anybody else for that matter.

Revealing what they know about users yeah I think you're suggesting this -- a marketing campaign.

I I think the mark.

Of many of these leaks is the administration.

Beating its chest about how well it's done whether it's the drone campaign or.

Or various other aspects of cyber warfare they captured the assault on Osama bin Laden's compound and and the others it's the pattern together.

I think of all these leaks over the past few months that that give credence to the idea that it's an administration campaign.

Don't know if you've ever been inside -- -- high level meetings I mean to a degree -- -- -- -- but.

When this kind of information is brought forward I don't know to the extent that you have experience hearing it first hand.

But well a lot of -- but as former ambassador did -- break the law here.

I think very possibly they did look a lot of this information you read in intelligence reports are classified documents.

That you know well in advance are classified because -- -- after typed all over what centrist thing about somebody insights from.

The meetings is how personal they -- to President Obama and other senior officials which certainly.

Tends to to suggest that the people doing the leaks were there and actually sought an operation.

And it's what you put it all together I think that the that the evidence that this is.

-- these leaks are sanctioned by a high level decision makers becomes almost in inescapable one more possibility here perhaps flame and stocks net.

Is it possible we have moved well beyond those software programs.

And -- and our our our ability is so advanced.

That were 567.

Steps ahead of the rounds and -- and these programs perhaps are lying dormant at the moment.

But what would you come on that slacker or not.

Well it's possible we've advanced substantially I certainly hope that's true but that's no justification.

For revealing even.

Programs that are six or seven generations old everything you tell the other side.

Is a clue that they can use now that the best argument the administration could make is this is all -- a wise it's a disinformation campaign if I thought the administration -- that sophisticated and I would cut him some slack but that's not what it looks like John Bolton thank you.

Talk to Yankee ambassador at a website foxnews.com slash America's Newsroom.

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