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bigtree

(86,005 posts)
Wed Aug 6, 2014, 08:40 PM Aug 2014

CIA created fake online identities to gain access to computers used by Senate investigators

WASHINGTON — An internal investigation by the C.I.A. has found that its officers penetrated a computer network used by the Senate Intelligence Committee in preparing its damning report on the C.I.A.’s detention and interrogation program.

The report by the agency’s inspector general also found that C.I.A. officers read the emails of the Senate investigators and sent a criminal referral to the Justice Department based on false information, according to a summary of findings made public on Thursday. One official with knowledge of the report’s conclusions said the investigation also discovered that the officers created a false online identity to gain access on more than one occasion to computers used by the committee staff.

The inspector general’s account of how the C.I.A. secretly monitored a congressional committee charged with supervising its activities touched off angry criticism from members of the Senate and amounted to vindication for Senator Dianne Feinstein of California, the committee’s Democratic chairwoman, who excoriated the C.I.A. in March when the agency’s monitoring of committee investigators became public.


read: http://t.co/bAQuo5RhrE

Adam Goldman @adamgoldmanwp · Jul 31
Here is the unclassified @cia summary of IG report into computer spying http://www.washingtonpost.com/r/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2014/07/31/National-Security/Graphics/Cleaned2014-07-30%20Unclass%20Summary%20of%20RDI%20ROI%2031%20Jul%2014.pdf

Let's talk a little more about why the CIA was 'spying' on the Senate Intelligence Committee

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CIA created fake online identities to gain access to computers used by Senate investigators (Original Post) bigtree Aug 2014 OP
it's worse than we thought... grasswire Aug 2014 #1
WOWOW blkmusclmachine Aug 2014 #14
WH response: grasswire Aug 2014 #2
... cui bono Aug 2014 #5
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Aug 2014 #3
Good Info...thanks... KoKo Aug 2014 #4
Rogue intelligence agency acting outside the law (again!) riderinthestorm Aug 2014 #6
Gee. Conspiracies In Action. Octafish Aug 2014 #7
"Lots of people used to think that was all paranoid delusion " Really? "used to"?? rhett o rick Aug 2014 #8
Jeez, Rhett. Don't let yourself get--uh--bogged down in all this. Jackpine Radical Aug 2014 #9
I know the bog will drag you down. Just sayin'. nm rhett o rick Aug 2014 #21
Yeah lots of them missing from this thread! Rex Aug 2014 #10
I wonder how old the average CIA hacker is? I'll bet they're under thirty, most of them. nt MADem Aug 2014 #11
Thank you for staying on top of this issue. MannyGoldstein Aug 2014 #12
well, that would be the smart way to go about it snooper2 Aug 2014 #13
Sanctimonist! DeSwiss Aug 2014 #15
Will it be on the TeVee ? Pharaoh Aug 2014 #16
I Thought DUers Were Afraid If The Word Conspiracy? billhicks76 Aug 2014 #17
just some patriotic folks spying on some other folks, shucks, boys will be boys whereisjustice Aug 2014 #18
I can't wait until we have a Democrat as president Shemp Howard Aug 2014 #19
Vindicate Princess DiFi, is the Washington Post serious? ... aggiesal Aug 2014 #20
He has to support the CIA BrotherIvan Aug 2014 #22

grasswire

(50,130 posts)
1. it's worse than we thought...
Wed Aug 6, 2014, 08:49 PM
Aug 2014

....and MORE TO COME.

Damn.

How can this go unpunished, with just an apology?

grasswire

(50,130 posts)
2. WH response:
Wed Aug 6, 2014, 08:54 PM
Aug 2014
The White House publicly defended Mr. Brennan on Thursday, saying he had taken “responsible steps” to address the behavior of C.I.A. employees, which he said included suggesting an investigation, accepting its results and appointing an accountability board.
Continue reading the main story Continue reading the main story

Asked whether the results of the investigation presented a credibility issue for Mr. Brennan, Josh Earnest, the White House press secretary, said, “Not at all.”

Crediting Mr. Brennan with playing an “instrumental role” in helping the United States government destroy Al Qaeda’s leadership in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Mr. Earnest said, “He is somebody who has a very difficult job, who does that job extraordinarily well.

Octafish

(55,745 posts)
7. Gee. Conspiracies In Action.
Wed Aug 6, 2014, 09:28 PM
Aug 2014

Lots of people used to think that was all paranoid delusion blah blah blah kick.

 

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)
8. "Lots of people used to think that was all paranoid delusion " Really? "used to"??
Wed Aug 6, 2014, 10:40 PM
Aug 2014

Many here still do. Look at this thread and others of this subject. Notice that a whole Group is missing from the discussion. But start a "I think Manny is a troll" thread and bingo-bango they come out of the woodwork. Actually the discussion of whether Manny is a troll is a subject that deserves it's own thread. Personally, I don't think he is, but he has multiple personalities, so what do I know.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
10. Yeah lots of them missing from this thread!
Wed Aug 6, 2014, 10:50 PM
Aug 2014

I remember getting laughed at for calling Congress Kabuki theater...my how time and the release of information changes things.

 

DeSwiss

(27,137 posts)
15. Sanctimonist!
Wed Aug 6, 2014, 11:30 PM
Aug 2014
- Now just because these patriots were trying to use false information to have someone arrested in order the impede the course of justice, doesn't mean they did anything wrong. We all remember how affected we were after the towers fell. So give 'em a break!

K&R
 

billhicks76

(5,082 posts)
17. I Thought DUers Were Afraid If The Word Conspiracy?
Wed Aug 6, 2014, 11:37 PM
Aug 2014

Maybe they were just fake online sock-puppet profiles managed by military contractors flush with taxpayer cash too.

Shemp Howard

(889 posts)
19. I can't wait until we have a Democrat as president
Wed Aug 6, 2014, 11:47 PM
Aug 2014

Once we have a Democrat as a president, all these CIA abuses will stop, and those responsible will be fired, at a minimum. Strict guidelines will be set, and enforced.

Oh, I forgot. We've had a Democrat as president for six years now. Never mind.

BrotherIvan

(9,126 posts)
22. He has to support the CIA
Thu Aug 7, 2014, 03:38 AM
Aug 2014

If not, the transition of power...the country will come unglued...teapublicans will...Lieberman!

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