White House revealing too much: Rumsfeld

White House revealing too much: Rumsfeld
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Summary Former US defence minister criticise Obama administration for revealing details of Abbottabad raid.

Rumsfeld said that the White House staffers may be undermining intelligence efforts in the wake of the killing of Osama Bin Laden by talking too much about what the American forces found in Osama’s compound.“I would have preferred a lot less discussion about intelligence out of the White House,” Rumsfeld said on a TV channel. “The more information that goes out about intelligence, the greater the risks to our people and the less likelihood we’re going to be able to capture or kill terrorists,” he said.Rumsfeld is one of several former officials in the George Bush administration and other key figures from 9/11 who are praising President Obama’s handling of the mission to kill Bin Laden, but questioning the White House’s post-operation actions.Meanwhile, Democrats Senator John Kerry rejected the criticism over the US Navy SEALs for killing Osama, instead of arresting him.He said that people did not have any idea what was going inside the compound and the decision of killing Osama was correct.