Manning was arrested in May and then charged with 'transferring classified data'
Posted on 12/22/2010 8:31:35 PM PST by bruinbirdman
CIA has set up a task force to be known by the acronym WTF to assess what damage has been done by the mass release of thousands of diplomatic cables by WikiLeaks.
The WikiLeaks Task Force will "examine whether the latest release of WikiLeaks documents might affect the agency's foreign relationships or operations," CIA spokesman George Little said.
Manning was arrested in May and then charged with 'transferring classified data'
Few of the thousands of confidential documents leaked by WikiLeaks were from the CIA, but many were secret communications by high ranking diplomats discussing sensitive questions of world and US affairs.
The task force, headed by the CIA's Counterintelligence Center, is to make an inventory of the leaked cables and will report on the impact of the leaks, particularly regarding the ability to recruit of informants, a source who asked not to be named said.
Some of the leaked documents originated on the protected SIPRNET, or Secret internet Protocol Router Network, which is used to share classified information between different government branches.
The embarrassing saga could lead to a tightening of the rules for sharing, the source said. "The recent WikiLeaks episode points to the serious need for our government to look closely at whether it might be time for need-to-know to make a comeback. . . ."
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There will always be people who want to disseminate leaks from our government. It is the responsibility of the government to protect its secrets. Once they have been compromised, it’s too late to protect them. The State Department was asleep at the switch, didn’t keep up technologically, and their information was stolen. End of story.
A lot of govt agencies are asleep at the wheel or are at the wrong wheel. We should have taken multiple precautions years ago when the first Red Chinese hacker attacks started. They were ignored: the detente mentally of the Bushes, the paid-off clintons, and the totally anti-American, I dont care mentality of the Obama abomination (er Administration).
All this was to be expected and if you thought that it couldn’t happen, then you should have been fired years ago.
THe biggest mistake we have continually made has been to underestimate our enemies, and we have paid for it in many lives (in VN-Laos, the radar site), the USS Cole, WTC I & II, US embassy and Marine barracks in Lebanon, Khobar Towers - Saudi Arabia, etc.
Our leaders have failed us time after time. We need to know why - what mindset they follow that allows this to happen.
Maybe I’ll do a column somewhere on this subject. After 40 years, I know a thing or two about govt mindsets.
They are going to put the barn door hinges under a microscope.
[the acronym WTF ]
“Bet they had a good laugh behind the scenes when they named that one!”
Ha! I just bet they did...and a good ole time, too!
BTW, it is fitting...
Well now, wait, wasn’t Wikileaks a CIA project? So now it’s investigating itself? Hasn’t anyone noticed how Obama is completely untouched?
Seriesly? WTF?
lol
“WTF”
I’ve always wanted to post that acronym in a legitimate way. lol
I bet he tasted funny.
And, not like chikken. lol
WTF??
I dunno...WTF?
;o)
Another big mistake; voting into power/hiring into power, those who believe we have no enemies; save for American Citizen Patriots, that is.
These people are not just asleep at the wheel. They are decidedly indifferent to America's security.
I live to make dreams come true.
O RLY?
Very fitting, lol!
“I live to make dreams come true.”
Then.......you are my dream come true. ;o)
Oh damn; Keyboard Cat just played me off.
I hope you had a very Merry Christmas!
You are one of my favorite FReepers. ;o)
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