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Deutch’s CIA Clearance Suspended (Flashback 1999)
Washington Post (archives) ^ | August 21, 1999 | By Vernon Loeb

Posted on 08/13/2015 7:32:06 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee

CIA Director George J. Tenet announced yesterday that he has suspended the security clearance of his predecessor, John M. Deutch, for violating government rules by working with classified material on an unsecured computer at his home.

The unprecedented action against a widely respected and still powerful former official comes at a time of heightened concern over foreign espionage and the handling of classified information. It was clearly intended as a signal that the federal government, and the CIA in particular, is determined to tighten security.

Tenet said in a one-page statement that he decided to suspend Deutch's clearance for an indefinite period "upon consideration of the nature of the security violations involved and Dr. Deutch's responsibility, as leader of the Intelligence Community, to set the highest standards in the protection of classified information."

"While serving as Director of Central Intelligence I erred in using CIA-issued computers that were not configured for classified work to compose classified documents and memoranda," Deutch said. "While it was absolutely necessary for me to work at home and while on travel, in hindsight it is clear that I should have insisted that I be provided the means of accomplishing this work in a manner fully consistent with all the security rules."

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TOPICS: Extended News
KEYWORDS: cia; dci; deutch; johndeutch; privateserver
If the Clintons were selling state secrets to the Chinese, one method of handing off the information might be to place it on home computers where it could be hacked without tripping alarms. If the traitor was caught he could merely plead ignorance of the dangers involved in such a set-up.
1 posted on 08/13/2015 7:32:06 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Do you not know the Clinton Crime Family is above the law? Shame on you.


2 posted on 08/13/2015 7:35:29 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Look, Chick Colson went to jail for having one EffB-eye file.

The Clintons had hundreds — and they were not even arrested


3 posted on 08/13/2015 7:40:24 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Find out what the top secret satellite images are and it would be a lot easier to figure out just who Hillary was providing the images to.

My money is on ISIS.

They had a lot of information from somebody when they made their move into Iraq.


4 posted on 08/13/2015 7:52:20 PM PDT by IMR 4350
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To: Brad from Tennessee

I wonder how long the CIA has known about this? I suspect information about Deutch is coming out now, because Obama wants to nail Hillary, and doesn’t want this potentially high profile case getting disclosed in an uncontrolled manner.


5 posted on 08/13/2015 8:14:00 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative (Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not really out to get you.)
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To: Paleo Conservative

This article appeared in 1999. It created a minor scandal for the Clinton Administration. I reprinted it because of the parallels with Hillary’s case.


6 posted on 08/14/2015 2:56:54 AM PDT by Brad from Tennessee (A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
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To: IMR 4350

[Find out what the top secret satellite images are and it would be a lot easier to figure out just who Hillary was providing the images to.]

I think it’s not the subject of the images that’s closely guarded but qualities of the image indicating how much visual detail the vehicle can detect from space.


7 posted on 08/14/2015 3:29:56 AM PDT by Brad from Tennessee (A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Hillary had the classified designation removed from the doc so she could pass the info to someone and if caught she would have plausible deniability and claim she didn’t know the info was classified.

To narrow it down to just who she was passing the info to you need to know what the satellite images were of.


8 posted on 08/14/2015 5:48:01 AM PDT by IMR 4350
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