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Vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff has been notified he is under investigation for allegedly leaking information about a massive attack using a computer virus named stuxnet on irans nuclear facilities. the story of the stuxnet virus was reported last year by david sanger in "the new york times." i have a lot to say about when we condemn leakers in this country and when we dont. coming up. it was very painful situation. the rash was on my right hip, going all the way down my leg.

Cyber weapon attack using a malicious computer virus known as stuxnet and cartwright conveeved and oversaw the special operation from the pentagon. >> were trying to build a second cyber force right now. >> reporter: cartwright did not respond to requests for comment from nbc news. contacted today his lawyer former obama white house counsel gregory craig, said only i have no comment. the times story disclosed key details about the stuxnet attack including its code name olympic games. the coopera...

>> reporter: general cartwright was a key member of president obamas inner circle of national security advisors but legal sources tell nbc news that cartwright has been notified hes the target of a justice department criminal investigation into a highly sensitive leak about a covert u.s. cyber attack on irans nuclear program. >> my attitude has been zero tolerance for these kinds of leaks. these are criminal acts when they release information like this. >> reporter: "the new york times" last yea...

What was really the most politically sensitive and closely watched of all these justice department leaked probes. this was one that went very close to the white house. in fact, there were a lot of very nervous people in the white house who retained counsel, who were getting questions about their contacts with david sanger of the "new york times" who broke the story about the stuxnet computer virus. the initial demands came from charges among republicans last year that this whole story was leaked...

Welcome back to the second half of "outfront" where we start with stories we care about. i want to begin with breaking news just coming in at this moment. the former second highest ranking officer in the u.s. military tonight being investigated for a leak about a secret u.s. cyber attack on irans nuclear program. this report is from nbc news. retired marine general james cartwright has been notified that he is under investigation for leaking information about the computer virus which was called ...

Holder appointed last june two u.s. attorneys to conduct two high-profile leak investigations. this being one of them, the u.s. attorney in washington, d.c. and theres another one involving the iranian computer virus being handled by the u.s. attorney in maryland, rod rosenstein. whats not clear is holders own role. because holder testified shortly thereafter that he himself had been interviewed for this investigation as that fbi director bob muller and as weve since learned john brennan because...

Administration, the administration has the narrative, we killed him and te. now it is threatened, so donilon, the only. operative to take over the embassy isolates the president and goes down the road which is reminiscent -- first they minimize, they marginalize, they misdirect, and they mislead. all of that process is going on in the white house. >> and directed by tom doni lone. >> we have talk about him on a previous show and we brought up, maybe a year ago, we brought up that he was the leak...

Farther into the future, and it would likely either keep it the same or move it back potentially. >> and netanyahu has just now finally been able to create a new government, a new coalition government. he is weakened in that he had to create this government with the former foreign minister of the op sfwligs -- former opposition party, which then dissolved. but the point is he is going to be meeting with president obama in late march and this is a very critical time for both of our countries. let...

These very high level leaks that came out last summer. how significant is this story? >> well, i think it is significant for two reasons, number one, youve got a potential leak of what appears to be a leak of national security information regarding this computer virus and our dealings with israel and iran in order to implement stopping or slowing down the uranium program in iran. so its a significant issue and then you have to ask yourself. theres only a few people that would have had this infor...

Implications and im glad the media is starting to at least look at it, but the implications of this are pretty staggering. >> alisyn: by the way, the leaks were talking about are the ones that say that the president personally ordered the cyber attacks on the iranian nuclear program using a computer virus developed with israel, and this was ayn credibly damaging leak because it exposed intelligence sources and methods, what would the rational be for someone in the presidents inner sanctum to rev...