CrimsonPhantom
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CIA's Pompeo rips WikiLeaks as 'hostile intelligence service' abetted by Russia
Quote:CIA Director Mike Pompeo, in his first speech since taking over the agency, lambasted WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange -- calling the group a "non-state hostile intelligence service" that is often abetted by "state actors like Russia."
Speaking Thursday at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Pompeo called Assange a "fraud," someone with no “moral compass” and a “narcissist who has created nothing of value.”
He asserted that Assange and former National Security Agency staffer and famed leaker Edward Snowden “seek to use that information to make a name for themselves” and they “care nothing about the lives they put at risk or the damage they cause to national security.”
Asked why he would focus on WikiLeaks rather than other issues, Pompeo said he felt it was vital to inform the American people about the threat they pose.
In the case of Snowden, Pompeo said the detrimental impact of his leaks was expansive and that more than 1,000 foreign targets attempted to change their means of communication as a result of the Snowden disclosures.
“The bottom line is that it became harder for us in the intelligence community to keep Americans safe. It became harder to monitor the communications of terrorist organizations that are bent on bringing bloodshed to our shores. Snowden’s disclosures helped these groups find ways to hide themselves in the crowded digital forest,” he said.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/04/...ussia.html
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RE: CIA's Pompeo rips WikiLeaks as 'hostile intelligence service' abetted by Russia
today's world is better with assange folk playing in the sandbox.....
IMO, it holds ALL accountable......but that's just my take....
this is where I'll actually thank Al in sincerity....
(This post was last modified: 04-13-2017 06:06 PM by stinkfist.)
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04-13-2017 06:06 PM |
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RE: CIA's Pompeo rips WikiLeaks as 'hostile intelligence service' abetted by Russia
Until we get journalists willing to be journalists....we will have to rely on pale weaselly foreigners to publish our Pentagon Papers for us.
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04-13-2017 06:35 PM |
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