House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith, R-Texas, told President Obama Thursday he'd like to interview seven current and former administration officials who may know something about a spate of national security leaks.

The request follows suggestions by lawmakers a day earlier that they're interested in potentially pursuing a congressional investigation into the leaks, on top of the Department of Justice-led probe.

"Concern about these leaks knows no party line. When national security secrets leak and become public knowledge, our people and our national interests are jeopardized.  And when our enemies know our secrets, American lives are threatened," Smith said in a letter to the president.

The administration officials include National Security Advisor Thomas Donilon, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, former White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley, Assistant to the