Did Obama Tell Left-Wing Journalist About Most Closely Guarded U.S. Secrets? Read Between The Lines

Wash Times ^ | Gertz

[MindBender26]

First, read the article from Bill Gertz in the Wash Times:

"A new book Bob Woodward reveals some of the CIA's holy-of-holies secrets: Details of covert action programs that must be approved personally by the president.

Mr. Woodward, in "Obama's Wars," describes a Dec. 9, 2008, meeting between President-elect Obama and then-CIA Director Michael V. Hayden and then-Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell. The briefing was on a detailed listing of some of the "14 highly classified covert actions," Mr. Woodward wrote.

At the top of the list was the Bush administration's program to "conduct clandestine, lethal counterterrorism operations and other programs to stop terrorists worldwide" in more than 60 nations. One program goal was to stop al Qaeda from using a nuclear weapon or spreading a biological warfare agent.

Other covert actions were directed at stopping Iran from developing nuclear weapons; deterring North Korea from building more; conducting anti-arms proliferation activities around the world; and launching lethal CIA operations in Afghanistan, like deadly drone attacks and the 3,000-person CIA unit called Counterterrorism Pursuit Teams.

In Iraq, CIA covert action involves both lethal and political operations.

Also, CIA was paying "tens of millions" to several foreign intelligence services, including Jordan's General Intelligence Department.

Covert actions mentioned in the briefing included a program to stop genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan and a CIA program to provide the Turkish government with intelligence and other support to prevent the northern Iraq-based Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) from setting up an enclave in Turkey.

Disclosure of the programs raised eyebrows among several high-ranking national security officials because covert action — political, military and intelligence operations that are designed to hide the U.S. role in carrying them out — are among the most closely guarded secrets."

Now read between the lines below!

[SandRat]

If he had to go the detailed check that the rest of us have to go through to get High-Level Security Clearances with Sensitive Compartmentalized Intelligenc level and added Caveats, he wouldn't cleared for RUMINT (Rumor Intelligence).

[Kimberly GG]

May just be a matter of semantics, but all valuable points.

[Eagles6]

save

[indthkr]

Gertz bump for later.....

[Old Sarge]

The One (piss be upon Him) is untouchable. The laws that normal Americans must adhere to are exempted from Him.

I stopped having any faith or confidence in the fixing of this country long past. I’m only here for the Zot Threads.

[gonzo]

"...We´re screwed..."

Naw ... Read my tag, Doug ................ FRegards