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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 iran's 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 don't. 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. >> we're 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 cooperation of israeli intelligence. and its success in disabling nearly 1,000 iranian centrifuges to enri...

>> reporter: general cartwright was a key member of president obama's inner circle of national security advisors but legal sources tell nbc news that cartwright has been notified he's the target of a justice department criminal investigation into a highly sensitive leak about a covert u.s. cyber attack on iran's 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 year broke the story that president obama secretly ordered a stepped up cyber weapon attack using a ...

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 by people, senior people, to sold of bolster president obama's national security credentials during...

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 iran's 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 stucknet on iran's nuclear facility. the obama administration has prosecuted eight individuals unde...