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Internet blows CIA agents' cover
(BBC News, 12 March 2006)
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. . . . 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". . . . 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.

posted by Lorenzo 4:20 PM