White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs addressed the release of State Department cables by the website WikiLeaks in a press conference today, noting that President Obama “was — as an understatement — not pleased with this information becoming public.”
“Open and transparent government,” Gibbs continued, “is something the President believes is truly important. But the stealing of classified info and its dissemination is a crime.”
“There is always the balance of ‘need to know’ and ‘need to share,'” he said.
He added that there are no plans for the President to address the leaks himself today.
