Posted on 10/09/2007 5:58:10 AM PDT by FreedomOfExpression
A small private intelligence company that monitors Islamic terrorist groups obtained a new Osama bin Laden video ahead of its official release last month, and around 10 a.m. on Sept. 7, it notified the Bush administration of its secret acquisition. It gave two senior officials access on the condition that the officials not reveal they had it until the al-Qaeda release.
Within 20 minutes, a range of intelligence agencies had begun downloading it from the company's Web site. By midafternoon that day, the video and a transcript of its audio track had been leaked from within the Bush administration to cable television news and broadcast worldwide.
The founder of the company, the SITE Intelligence Group, says this premature disclosure tipped al-Qaeda to a security breach and destroyed a years-long surveillance operation that the company has used to intercept and pass along secret messages, videos and advance warnings of suicide bombings from the terrorist group's communications network.
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So why in the heck did they send this video via email????????????? And if they know where all the hits came from and when, then it should be easier to trace. This sounds like a set-up. Again. Like the Plame thing was a set-up.
And who is this gal? I looked at her website yesterday and that guy who used to run the NSA or wanted to run the NSA whose name escapes me at the moment is mentioned. He quit when we invaded Iraq. He wrote a book. He testifed at the 9/11 hearings. Oh well. I don’t wanna look him up either.
“democrats are worried-they may start an investigation...”
yeah. just like they wanted to know all about the confidential documents taken by sandy berger.
since democrats are al qaida lovers, they just may make the whole thing go away. no, incorrect. since democrats are the revolutionary enemies of the united states, they just may not do anything about it.
I think the point here is that if a “cleared employee” who was a spy wanted to bring in recordable media, very little stood in his/her way. Good people aren’t the ones we worry about.
No, Kirkwood, I mentioned the hole in security to the people in charge of security. Your presumption would be offensive if you knew what “people like” me were like. As it is, it’s just a leap in logic.
Colonel, USAFR
...and did I ever say I’d actually walked in with anything? Another leap in logic, my friend.
Colonel, USAFR
If you took care of it, then it was no longer a problem. I guess you just wanted to be a drive-by basher.
Smiling at you...I look at those, too.
;)
1. Who leaked it?
2. When is the trial?
3. Will the traitors execution be public or private?
Oh, thats right, it's OK to leak state secrets and we would never, ever, think of trying someone for treason. Than may offend the ACLU.
“The FBI should have already been brought in to investigate.”
They’re too busy cooperating with the democrat witchhunt.
“It goes without saying that whoever did this ought to be found, tried, and convicted of sedition.”
Treason, not sedition.
Let me tell you something about where I work. If only our intelligence agencies were this concerned about leaks.
I'm the patent agent/administrator for a major American manufacturer. I'm also responsible for data security in the legal department. We file an average of eight patent applications every business day around the world. We are the cutting edge of technology in our field.
I receive and send around 150 to 200 emails per day. If they contain invention details, they're encrypted. There are no exceptions. We're behind a firewall and we still use encryption. If you work for us and you get an email from me containing unpublished invention details, you won't be able to read it unless you apply for encryption capability. That's not my problem. That's your problem.
We have no floppy drives or CD-ROM burners. None. Zero. When a fax is sent, a copy is stored electronically.
If anyone in the legal department sticks a flash drive into a computer -- whether he or she is a secretary, legal assistant, attorney, senior VP or whatever -- a window pops up on my computer screen showing who it is and what files are being downloaded.
If anyone sends out an electronic document as an email attachment, the same window appears. I get a print-out at the end of the day (in case I was away from my desk when it happened) and a permanent electronic record is made. If one of our inventions turns up on somebody else's shelf, we'll be able to figure out who leaked the information within minutes.
The consequences of a massive theft of data would be no worse than the loss of a few hundred or a few thousand jobs to a rival manufacturer, and our investors would lose money. It would be bad, but at least nobody would be hurt physically. The consequences of a massive theft of data at the CIA or NSA would be lives lost, perhaps thousands of lives -- and I get the feeling that they're not as serious about electronic security as we are.
Is there anyone in Government placed there by Clinton that favors this country over the terrorists????
The only thing close is the criminal referral of Ron Wyden, Durbin and Rockefeller to the Justice Dept. for leaking the black ops satellite program.
Although I'm not sure it happened during this administration, and no further action other than the referral has taken place.
Probably not until the admin is willing to make an example of one of the leakers .. or if they find out who the leaker is .. fire them publically.
Sadly, I don’t think that will happen. The Clinton holdovers are running the show.
The left gets more media effect by labeling it as a "Bush Administration" malfunction.
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