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Robert Gibbs said today that Senator Kit Bond should apologize for asserting that the BO White House released info about Abdulmutallab

“After telling me to keep my mouth shut, the White House discloses sensitive information in an effort to defend a dangerous and unpopular decision to Mirandize Abdulmutallab and I’m supposed to apologize?” Mr. Bond said in a statement.
Mr. Bond sent a letter to the White House suggesting that the administration disclosed for political gain that Mr. Abdulmutallab had begun cooperating with authorities last week. Mr. Bond said he had been told the information was confidential and was surprised to learn the White House held a briefing on the case Tuesday evening.

“F.B.I. officials stressed the importance of not disclosing the fact of his cooperation in order to protect on-going and follow-up operations to neutralize additional threats to the American public,” wrote Mr. Bond, a Missouri Republican. “F.B.I. Director Bob Mueller personally stressed to me that keeping the fact of his cooperation quiet was vital to preventing future attacks against the United States.”

Mr. Bond added that the “release of this sensitive information has no doubt been helpful” to Mr. Abdulmutallab’s “terrorist cohorts around the world.”