Did Michele Bachmann Leak Classified Intelligence During GOP Debate?
1. Did Michele Bachmann Leak Classified Intelligence During
GOP Debate?
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Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann serves on the House Intelligence Committee, so her
comments on Pakistan's nuclear program represent either a news-making leak of previously
unknown classified information or another in her recent series of seemingly-random, and highly
inaccurate, public comments. During the CNN debate, Bachmann said that 15 Pakistani nuclear sites
were vulnerable to jihadist attacks, and that six of the sites had previously come under some form of
Islamist attack. U.S. intelligence and military officials believe that Pakistan has 15 nuclear sites, but
no U.S. official has publicly said that all of the sites were vulnerable to militant attack or confirmed
that any of them had previously come under any form of jihadist attack.