OVERNIGHT DEFENSE: New rules for stopping leaks

McCain had not issued a statement about Clapper’s new
measures Monday, but he did announce he was holding a press conference on the
recent intelligence leaks Tuesday morning. McCain’s press conference features
four other Republican senators and no Democrats, so it’s a safe assumption that
it will not have the bipartisan tone that the Intelligence heads touted in
their joint leak presser last month. 

{mosads}Other congressional
reaction: The chairmen of the House and Senate Intelligence committees
praised Director
of National Intelligence James Clapper’s announcement Monday, while saying they were still planning
bipartisan, bicameral legislation together. Senate Intelligence Chairwoman
Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said she was “very pleased” with the new measures, and House
Intel Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) called it a “good first step.” The two
Intelligence Committees plan to add provisions to the intelligence
authorization bill to crack down on leaders.

Ayotte’s sequestration
doubleheader: Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) is playing two on Tuesday — two
sequestration addresses, that is. The freshman senator will keynote a panel
discussion held by TechAmerica on the impact of sequestration on the defense
industrial base, and will then be giving another keynote in the afternoon at
the Brookings Institution on implications and potential alternatives. 

Ayotte
isn’t the only one pulling double duty: Brookings’s Michael O’Hanlon is
moderating one of the two defense panels at the Brookings event, and he’s also
on the TechAmerica panel.

Pentagon celebrates
Gay Pride: The Pentagon is holding its first ever event celebrating
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month on Tuesday. The event, which
comes less than a year after “Don’t ask, don’t tell” was repealed, features a
keynote address by Defense Department General Counsel Jeh Johnson, whom advocates
say was an essential part of the repeal of the policy barring gays from
serving openly in the military. After Johnson speaks, there will be a moderated
panel titled: “The Value of Open Service and Diversity.”

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:

— White House defends
Egypt support

— West: Obama should denounce Muslim
Brotherhood

— Intel chief cracks
down on leakers

— Iran boasts about the
end of Stuxnet

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