Ex-CIA boss Leon Panetta 'spilt secrets' to Zero Dark Thirty writer
Source: news.com.au
A PENTAGON investigation has found ex-CIA director Leon Panetta spilt some secret details to a Hollywood screenwriter behind the film Zero Dark Thirty, a watchdog group says.
The findings of the Pentagon's inspector general are contained in a draft report that has not been publicly released but was obtained by the independent watchdog group, the Project on Government Oversight (POGO).
The probe throws a potentially embarrassing light on President Barack Obama's administration, suggesting the White House was keen to help filmmakers tell a flattering story even as it aggressively investigated government officials and journalists over possible leaks of sensitive information.
Read more: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/ex-cia-boss-leon-panetta-spilt-secrets-to-zero-dark-thirty-writer/story-e6frfkp9-1226658342058#ixzz2VOXzyiHQ
arrest, lengthy jail term eventually followed by trial is only for the Bradley Mannings of the world
Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)I'm guessing not.
Torture and persecution is for grunts.
Maedhros
(10,007 posts)Panetta's leaks helped to glorify the government's actions. Manning's helped to criticize the government's actions.
Purveyor
(29,876 posts)bemildred
(90,061 posts)And we are supposed to take all this secrecy stuff seriously. Yet they themselves cannot keep track of it all.
annm4peace
(6,119 posts)George Gently
(88 posts)Grassy Knoll
(10,118 posts)What an opportune time for old news to pile on.
Thanks for the link.
pmorlan1
(2,096 posts)Did you see this 2 years ago? I didn't and no one else in the public did either. Nice try, though. This news just came out on June 4, 2013.
George Gently
(88 posts)Two to four days prior to a CIA awards ceremony, the CIA contacted DOD with an objection about a Hollywood exec attending the ceremony.
The DOD relied on the CIA's objection to preclude access, but that didn't happen.
It was during his remarks at this awards ceremony that Panetta "spilt secrets"
But the report concludes: ADM McRaven and his subordinates did not have concerns about tactics, techniques and procedures being compromised and we concluded that no classified or sensitive special operations TTP's were exposed.