U.S. Officials Will Investigate SITE Institute Leak Allegations
October 9, 2007
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U.S. intelligence officials will investigate allegations that the government improperly leaked a secretly obtained Osama bin Laden video, alerting al-Qaeda to a security gap in the terrorist group’s internal communications network that it was able to shut, an intelligence spokesman said yesterday.
Ross Feinstein, a spokesman for the director of national intelligence, said officials are looking into the leak allegation by the SITE Intelligence Group, which passed the video on to the White House and the director of national intelligence’s office before its leak.
“At this point, we don’t think there was a leak from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence or the National Counterterrorism Center,” Feinstein said.
White House spokeswoman Dana Perino, responding to a description of the leak stated, “this was a cause of concern that the information was leaked. And I would have to refer to the DNI’s office in regards to any possible investigation into that leak.”
Frances Fragos Townsend, the White House homeland security adviser, expressed concern about the leak in a news conference also, saying the government needs the cooperation of private individuals and companies in stopping terrorist groups.
A couple of former spies (now bloggers) check-in to offer their perspective.
Former spies are blasting their former colleagues for blowing the cover of a private investigation into Al-Qaeda’s “intranet.” Rita Katz, head of the jihadist-monitoring SITE Institute, says her operation was compromised hours after she gave the White House and the National Counterterrorism Center an advance look at an Osama Bin Laden online video.
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People in the goverment just amaze me at what they will due for five minutes of fame.. Just there five minutes of fame there more than willing to compromise an intelligence source be it goverment of private. But if there is a terrorist attack they will be first in line wanting to know what we didn’t have the intelligence to prevent the attack.