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May 23, 2003
Clinton Did Not Consult CIA Chief on Deutch's Pardon, Official Says
By JAMES RISEN, NY TIMES
US intelligence officials say George J Tenet, director of central intelligence, was not consulted by Pres Clinton on his midnight pardon of former CIA director John M Deutch. (NOTE On Clinton's final day in office he issued a flurry of pardons including pardoning tax cheat Mark Rich who renounced his American citizenship and fled to evade prosecution). Deutch has been charged that he mishandled classified material while CIA director.
February 17, 2001
U.S. Clears Ex-CIA Chief Over Defense Dept Secrets
Pentagon study concludes that Defense Dept secrets that John M Deutch, former director of central intelligence, kept on his unsecured home computer apparently did not fall into wrong hands; the Pentagon has been assessing whether secret data might have been compromised; separate CIA investigation of his computer use reached same conclusion.
February 2, 2001
Computer Security; The Whiz Kid Vs. the Old Boys
By THOMAS POWERS, NY TIMES CIA Dir John Deutch downloaded classified files on his home computer; aritcle explains that computer technology has made security much more challenging for agency for which it is crucial; traces Deutch's career and tenure, noting that his dream was always to head Pentagon, not CIA, where he got into trouble by not having respect for agency's classified, clandestine culture.
December 3, 2000
Pentagon Can't Find Ex-C.I.A. Chief Deutch's Disks
Pentagon probers have been unable to find computer disks on which John M Deutch, former Central Intelligence Agency director, stored journal containing classified data when he was deputy defense secretary in mid-1990's; say he has declined to be interviewed about disks' whereabouts; CIA has already found he improperly recorded secrets in private journal he continued in CIA post and recovered electronic storage cards he used
October 10, 2000
Investigation Of Ex-Chief Of the C.I.A. Is Broadened
By NEIL A. LEWIS
Government investigators and several confidential Defense Department documents show John M Deutch, being probed by Justice Department for admitted computer security violations when he was Central Intelligence Agency director, may have committed same kind of security breaches years earlier when he was top Defense Department official; documents suggest Defense Department discussed stripping him of security clearance that allowed him to continue to work on defense-related issues..........
NY TIMES ARCHIVE PAGE http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/d/john_m_deutch/index.html
the CIA will recover, when the DIMocRATS lose BOTH houses of the congress in less than TWO years.
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