On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 09:40:44 -0500, Gary Denton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 08 Aug 2004 19:36:48 -0400, JDG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At 03:59 PM 7/10/2004 -0500 Gary Denton wrote: > > >How can you associate yourself with someone treasonous like Robert > > >Novak - who outs a deep cover CIA agent under the direction of this > > >administration for petty partisan differences? > > > > Deep Cover? Yes, she was "under cover" in some sense, but it is a slight > > exaggeration to call it "deep cover."
THEY DID IT AGAIN ADMINISTRATION EXPOSES SECRET SOURCE The Department of Justice has strenuously argued that it could not release the names of detainees - even those who had not been charged or accused of terrorism - because doing so would harm national security. In a sworn affidavit, James Reynolds, then a top Justice Department official, argued that when people detained as part of a terrorist investigation are publicly identified, "terrorist organizations with whom they have a connection may refuse to deal further with them. This could eliminate valuable sources of information for the investigation. It would similarly impair the government's ability to infiltrate terrorist organizations engaged in ongoing criminal activities."[1] Apparently, this does not apply if the disclosure suits the administration's political agenda. Last week, the administration was desperate to justify their decision to raise the threat level to orange in three states based on activity that occurred over three years ago. National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice admitted yesterday that the administration - during a background briefing to reporters - identified Mohammed Naeem Noor Khan as the source of the information that prompted the terror alert.[2] According to Reuters, Khan "had been actively cooperating with intelligence agents to help catch al-Qaida operatives when his name appeared in U.S. newspapers"[3] His identification by the administration likely "cost the United States a valuable source."[4] Sources: 1. "James Reynolds Affidavit," Chief, Terrorism and Violent Crime Section, Criminal Division, DOJ, http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1294611&l=49598. 2. "CNN Late Edition With Wolf Blitzer," CNN, 08/08/04, http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1294611&l=49599. 3. "Pakistan: U.S. Blew Undercover Operation," MSNBC, 08/06/04, http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1294611&l=49600. 4. "U.S. Says Man Had Ties to Plot to Disrupt Vote," New York Times, 8/8/04, http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1294611&l=49601. MORE Juan Cole looks at growing anger over U.S. handing of the identity of double agent Muhammad Naeem Noor Khan, whose "outing" may have "prevented the capture of bin Laden" and was "a monumental foreign relations blunder," a security analyst tells Reuters. A New York Daily News story says the motive was "apparently to justify the orange alert." Newsweek reports that "Senior Pakistani officials expect that Al Qaeda will replace Khan easily enough." http://www.juancole.com/2004_08_01_juancole_archive.html#109198359051366237 http://www.reuters.co.uk/printerFriendlyPopup.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=560866 http://www.nydailynews.com/front/v-pfriendly/story/219869p-188947c.html http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5636688/site/newsweek/ >From the Scaife funded very right wing NewsMax: Leak Allowed al-Qaida Suspects to Escape NewsMax.com Wires Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2004 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan â The disclosure to reporters of the arrest of an al-Qaida computer expert allowed several wanted suspects from Osama bin Laden's terror network to escape, government and security officials said Tuesday. Muhammad Naeem Noor Khan, a 25-year-old Pakistani computer engineer, was nabbed in a July 13 raid in the eastern city of Lahore. He then led Pakistani authorities to a key al-Qaida figure and cooperated secretly by sending e-mails to terrorists so investigators could trace their locations. "Let me say that this intelligence leak jeopardized our plan, and some al-Qaida suspects ran away," one of the officials said on condition of anonymity. National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice acknowledged Sunday that Khan's name had been disclosed to reporters in Washington "on background," meaning that it could be published, but the information could not be attributed by name to the official who had revealed it. http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2004/8/10/101606.shtml gary -- #2 on google for liberal news "I don't try harder" _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
