WASHINGTON DC – The White House plans no discipline in connection with the accidental release to the press last month of the identity of the CIA’s station chief in Afghanistan, but is planning more safeguards to prevent such a mistake in the future, a White House spokesman said Wednesday.

“In all of these circumstances we are balancing our commitment to transparency with the need to protect some information for national security reasons,” spokesman Josh Earnest said, briefing reporters on a review conducted by White House Counsel Neil Eggleston.

[…]  Earnest told reporters traveling with Obama in Massachusetts Wednesday that Eggleston had briefed White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough on the review’s findings Tuesday night. Obama was also briefed Tuesday night, the spokesman said.

Earnest said the improper release of information in Afghanistan was determined to be inadvertent and that no one would be disciplined “in this context.”

The spokesman also said the White House had already implemented three recommendations from the counsel:   (READ MORE)

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