that s it for us. ac 360 starts right now. piers, thanks. good evening. it s 10:00 in the east coast. we begin with allegations the white house is leaking state secrets, supplying information for political gain. john mccain is leading the charge and has bipartisan support. mccain claims the white house orchestrated leaks to boost president obama s national security reputation heading into the election. the reports include classified data on a computer virus attack on iran, as well as cia drone strikes. the release of the information in these articles harms our national security and puts in danger the lives of the men and women who are sworn to protect it. the only conceivable motive for such damaging and classified leaks of information is that it makes the president look good. we ll talk to senator mccain in a moment. the white house are flatly denying the charges. jay carney told reporters any suggestion that this administration has authorized intentional leaks of cl
puts in danger the lives of the men and women who are sworn to protect it. the only conceivable motive for such damaging and classified leaks of information is that it makes the president look good. we ll talk to senator mccain in a moment. the white house are flatly denying the charges. jay carney told reporters any suggestion that this administration has authorized intentional leaks of classified information for political gain is grossly irresponsible. i ll have senator mccain respond to that in a moment. all this outrage stems from a wave of news reports of secret operations overseas including an article about u.s. cyberattacks on the computers iran uses to run the nuclear facilities. the reporter david sanger comes out and says his scoop is, quote, based on interviews with current and former officials involved in the program. now some of the information came from current officials working on the program. listen to how sanger refers to the source. quote, he was deep into
men and women who are sworn to protect it. the only conceivable motive for such damaging and classified leaks of information is that it makes the president look good. we re going to talk to senator mccain in just a moment. the white house for the most part is flightily denying the charges. jay carney told reporters any suggestion that this administration has authorized intentional leaks of classified information for political gain is grossly irresponsible. i ll have senator mccain respond to that in a moment. now, all this outrage stems from a wave of news reports about secret operations overseas including a new york times article last week about u.s. cyber attacks on the computers i rarn uses to run the nuclear facilities. the reporter david sanger comes out and says his scoop is, quote, based on interviews with current and former officials involved in the program. now some of the information came from current officials working on the program. this is a direct quote from t
kidnapping are alive and safe at this hour. joining me now on the phone, cnn s martin savage and sunny hostin and on the phone, adam mayes sister-in-law, bobbi booth. martin, what do you know? this drama played out right in the same area where it took place. in other words, where the bodies were first discovered of joanne mai bain and adrienne bain. there were mississippi highway patrol special operation, s.w.a.t. team in other words, as well as mississippi game and fish. for reasons unclear at this particular point in time, there was a section of wooded area in that county where they were closing in on today and as they began to move in they say that they heard a single gunshot and when they came upon the scene they found that adam mayes was laying on the ground with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. but they found the two girls, ages 8 and 12 alive and well. that s the most important information. and we have this quote from a federal source on the scene. he say