Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham sent a letter to President Obama demanding to know who was responsible for a briefing given by CENTCOM officers on an operation to retake the Islamic State-held city of Mosul in the Spring. They also want to know if the leak was engineered by the White House for political reasons. Fox News: “Never in our memory can we recall an instance in which our military has knowingly briefed our own war plans to our enemies,” Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said in a letter to President Obama. “These disclosures not only risk the success of our mission, but could also cost the lives of U.S., Iraqi, and coalition forces.” The senators asked who was responsible for the briefing, conducted Thursday by a military official, and whether they had White House approval. “Those responsible have jeopardized our national security interests and must be held accountable,” they wrote. The...(Read Full Post)