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Valerie Plame Case.........Gone!!!

Mike

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Internet blows CIA agents' cover
CIA headquarters at Langley, Virginia
The CIA, based in Langley, Virginia, may have to update its methods
The Chicago Tribune says it has compiled a list of 2,653 CIA employees, just by searching the internet.

The newspaper said it gathered the information from online services that compile public data, that any fee-paying subscriber can access.

It did not publish the names, at the CIA's request. Many of the agents are believed to be covert. The paper also located two dozen "secret" facilities.

A CIA spokeswoman admitted the internet had scuppered some of its methods.

"Cover is a complex issue that is more complex in the internet age," said Jennifer Dyck.

"There are things that worked previously that no longer work. [CIA Director Porter] Goss is committed to modernising the way the agency does cover in order to protect our officers who are doing dangerous work."

Ms Dyck declined to detail the remedies "since we don't want the bad guys to know what we're fixing".

Terror targets?

The Chicago Tribune article was headlined: "Internet blows CIA cover."

It began: "She is 52 years old, married, grew up in the Kansas City suburbs and now lives in Virginia, in a new three-bedroom house."

It went on to explain that the online service describes the woman in question as a CIA employee who has been assigned to several American embassies in Europe.

The CIA confirmed that she was a covert operative.

The paper also identified facilities in Chicago, northern Virginia, Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Utah and Washington state. It said some were heavily guarded, but others appeared outwardly to be private residences.

Asked how so many personal details of CIA employees had found their way into the public domain, a senior US intelligence official told the Tribune "I don't have a great explanation, quite frankly".

Asked about fears that the details might be accessed by terrorist groups, he replied: "I don't know whether al-Qaeda could do this, but the Chinese could."

The disclosure comes as the US justice department continues an investigation into whether members of the Bush administration deliberately exposed the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame.
 
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Anonymous

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Disgusting and possibly dangerous. I'm all breathless waiting on the Dems reaction to this one. Surely they will want hearings and indictments? Oh, wait. Darn. That probably won't ever happen, will it? Dick Cheney's not involved. It was Al Gore that invented the internet, not Cheney.

Well, maybe they can still find a way to blame it on Bush...
 

jigs

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just another reason why we are ALL at risk in this modern war, not just those who are overseas with the guns. Granted, they are at a much higher risk, but they won't go to court for fighting back like we would.
 

Disagreeable

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Dream on. This doesn't make it ok to give the name of an undercover CIA agent to the press. Presidential Aide Scooter Libby is still charged with obstructing an investigation. Bush still lied to the American people when he said whoever was found out to have leaked that name would be fired from the White House. It only shows the incompetence of this Administration. George W. Bush - The Worst President Ever.
 

Faster horses

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Dis, why don't you just give it up?

Obviously your brainwashing tactics here aren't working. We get others opinion from you, we get your opinion from you and it continues on on a daily basis.

You know opinions are like a**holes, everyone's got one.

I doubt that one person has changed their thinking because of your
posts here.

There comes a time to call it a day and you have gone past it, unless you continue posting just to aggravate many of us.
What you are doing has yielded no fruit for your labor. Not productive. I'm sure there are other things you could spend time on that would garner better results.
 

Disagreeable

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Faster horses said:
Dis, why don't you just give it up?

Obviously your brainwashing tactics here aren't working. We get others opinion from you, we get your opinion from you and it continues on on a daily basis.

You know opinions are like a**holes, everyone's got one.

I doubt that one person has changed their thinking because of your
posts here.

I'm not likely to "give it up." Take an occasional break, maybe, but not give it up. My opinion is as good as anyone one elses. At least one poster said I had changed his mind. You'd probably be surprised to see the PMs that I get saying they hadn't thought about some things that I post. So, no, I'm not likely to "give it up."

There comes a time to call it a day and you have gone past it, unless you continue posting just to aggravate many of us.
What you are doing has yielded no fruit for your labor. Not productive. I'm sure there are other things you could spend time on that would garner better results.

:lol: I'm not posting just aggravate anyone. You don't have to read my posts. I think my time on this board is well spent. When I started posting here I was the only poster that didn't think Bush's poop didn't stink. Today there are several people on this board who object to the way he's running this country and the Iraqi war. I don't in any way take credit for their opinions; but having some support always helps. I've been right more than I've been wrong on the Iraqi war. The number of people who say the invasion of Iraq was a mistake grows every day.
 

Faster horses

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If you would just quit giving us biased news reports would help. It is the same-o same-o Bush bashing with you. Do you not think the President of the United States knows a little more about what is going on than you or your so-called sources? You have no faith, I do. For every point you make there is one on the other side. I dare you to listen to some Right Wing Radio Stations. Just listen for one week, you might learn something.

Talk about Civil War, you guys keep it up and we'll have one right here in the good old US of A.
 

Disagreeable

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Faster horses said:
If you would just quit giving us biased news reports would help. It is the same-o same-o Bush bashing with you. Do you not think the President of the United States knows a little more about what is going on than you or your so-called sources? You have no faith, I do. For every point you make there is one on the other side. I dare you to listen to some Right Wing Radio Stations. Just listen for one week, you might learn something.

Talk about Civil War, you guys keep it up and we'll have one right here in the good old US of A.

Oh, I see. My reports are biased. O'Reilly isn't! Too funny. He apparently bashed the polls because Bush has low ratings. But he didn't have anything bad to say about polls when Bush's ratings were high. Does that tell you anthing at all?

I often wonder if President Bush knows what's going on. When you listen to his speeches he often seems to be talking about a different world than I'm living in.

Are you saying these Iraqis weren't tied up and executed yesterday? The Right Wing Radio people won't talk about Iraqis executing each other, but it's happening. They won't talk about death squads operating inside the Iraqi Interior Ministry. But they're there, American Generals acknowledge them, Donald Rumsfeld acknowledges them.

We're not going to have Civil War in the USA over the Iraqi war. Americans are against this war, more every day. Bush's approval is in the tank, O'Reilly or not. It wasn't the Dems who stopped the port deal, it was the Repulicans. It wasn't the Dems who stopped Harriet Miers' nomination, it was conservatives. And now we've got the India nuclear pact. Will he be able to get that approved by Congress? Personally, I hope not.
 
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