Did the liar in chief leak a lie to bolster his reelection chances? Mossad Agents Claim He Did

Israeli
officials who were placed at risk by the Obama administration's leaks
about the Stuxnet virus are disputing American claims that the
cyber-weapon was jointly developed by the U.S. and Israel. Rather, they
say, Israeli intelligence first started developing cyberspace warfare
against Iran, only convincing the U.S.--with some difficulty--to join
in. The Israelis allege that President Barack Obama claimed credit for
Stuxnet to boost his re-election campaign.

The source for the new claim is Yossi Melman, a journalist for Israel's left-wing Ha'aretz daily (via Israel Matzav):

The Israeli officials actually told me a different version. They said
that it was Israeli intelligence that began, a few years earlier, a
cyberspace campaign to damage and slow down Iran’s nuclear intentions.
And only later they managed to convince the USA to consider a joint
operation — which, at the time, was unheard of. Even friendly nations
are hesitant to share their technological and intelligence resources
against a common enemy...

Yet my Israeli sources understand the sensitivity and the timing of
the issue and are not going to be dragged into a battle over taking
credit. “We know that it is the presidential election season,” one
Israeli added, ”and don’t want to spoil the party for President Obama
and his officials, who shared in a twisted and manipulated way some of
the behind-the-scenes secrets of the success of cyberwar.”

The Obama administration's pattern of leaks to
mainstream media outlets--of which the Stuxnet virus is only one
example--prompted bipartisan outrage from Congress and the appointment of two special prosecutors.
While the leaks jeopardized U.S. national security--allegedly for the
political purpose of burnishing President Obama's image as
commander-in-chief--they may also have been exaggerated, if the new
reports from Israel are accurate.