Nearly three-quarters of the nation believes that the Obama administration’s wide-ranging leaks to the media of key intelligence on the killing of Osama bin Laden and hacking into Iran’s nuclear controls has hurt national security and most believe the scandal will hurt the president’s reelection chances.
A new Rasmussen Reports poll just out found that 73 percent of voters are concerned that the leaks have compromised national security, with the most, 40 percent, saying they are “very concerned” and only 3 percent saying that they are “not at all concerned.”
What’s more, 47 percent of the 1,000 likely voters polled June 11-12 by Rasmussen said that the scandal will hurt President Obama’s reelection. Just 6 percent said it will help.
Both Democrats and Republicans have assailed the administration’s intelligence leaks, with some suggesting that they are politically motivated and amount to bragging about intelligence successes. The administration denies that charge.
The Justice Department has named two prosecutors to look into the leaks.
The issue could have legs in the election because much of the nation is paying attention to it. Rasmussen, for example, found that 66 percent of likely voters are following the news of the security leaks, while only 4 percent aren’t following it at all.
