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kpete

(72,900 posts) Wed Apr 19, 2017, 07:34 PM Apr 2017

CBS News has learned a manhunt is under way for a traitor inside the CIA who gave thousands of docs [View all]

WASHINGTON -- CBS News has learned that a manhunt is underway for a traitor inside the Central Intelligence Agency.

The CIA and FBI are conducting a joint investigation into one of the worst security breaches in CIA history, which exposed thousands of top-secret documents that described CIA tools used to penetrate smartphones, smart televisions and computer systems.

Sources familiar with the investigation say it is looking for an insider -- either a CIA employee or contractor -- who had physical access to the material. The agency has not said publicly when the material was taken or how it was stolen.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/cia-fbi-on-manhunt-for-leaker-who-gave-top-secret-documents-to-wikileaks/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e&linkId=36682071

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CBS News has learned a manhunt is under way for a traitor inside the CIA who gave thousands of docs [View all] kpete Apr 2017 OP

I SAID this! And no one believed it could be the case. Maraya1969 Apr 2017 #1

Another Edward Snowden... TheDebbieDee Apr 2017 #17

+1,000,000,000 times worse. lark Apr 2017 #33

This web of conspirators is vast. JNelson6563 Apr 2017 #2

+1000 byronius Apr 2017 #13

Kick Hekate Apr 2017 #3

Almost had to be a mole... Wounded Bear Apr 2017 #4

The case surrounding the leaks/collusion looks to be far reaching, and thorough. denbot Apr 2017 #5

I know this sounds naive--but I wish we had NO secrets. panader0 Apr 2017 #6

The problem is that spying does work, saves lives, and prevents wars. Yavin4 Apr 2017 #10

"No profit. Just values." Dem2theMax Apr 2017 #12

Not naive at all. You're absolutely correct. But -- sociopaths. Psychopaths. byronius Apr 2017 #14

Himself and his government, yes. Volaris Apr 2017 #35

is this what is taking so long? mopinko Apr 2017 #7

I heard about this a couple of weeks ago. kentuck Apr 2017 #8

What is even worse? SCVDem Apr 2017 #9

No, it's not. SomethingNew Apr 2017 #28

hogwash! tomp Apr 2017 #30

Fair enough. SomethingNew Apr 2017 #34

you're still over-generalizing... tomp Apr 2017 #36

Un-fkn-believeable. I had to go through extreme vetting to get a Top Secret clearance and an... iluvtennis Apr 2017 #11

This is probably where Cernovich got his blackmail information. Initech Apr 2017 #15

Are we talking traitors or whistle blowers? ZX86 Apr 2017 #16

I don't think they were traitors. The99thTimeLord Apr 2017 #18

Well if you're a Timelord ZX86 Apr 2017 #19

Allons-y!! The99thTimeLord Apr 2017 #20

Traitors- read the article Sculpin Beauregard Apr 2017 #21

I did. ZX86 Apr 2017 #25

These people aren't whistle-blowers. They're turning over American intellectual property pnwmom Apr 2017 #22

Wikileaks is a foreign adversary? ZX86 Apr 2017 #24

Yes. It has been established that Wikileaks is a vehicle for Russian propaganda. pnwmom Apr 2017 #26

All you ever heard from the Christian Right and the secular rightwingers is that the liberals are Lint Head Apr 2017 #23

I hope the traitor is found MontanaMama Apr 2017 #27

Didn't trump give a tour of the CIA shortly after being inaugurated? William769 Apr 2017 #29

I think you're all crazy if you think you know what's going on. tomp Apr 2017 #31

Don't focus on the what, focus on the why bucolic_frolic Apr 2017 #32

No Way Out, Costner as a Russian spy........... mrmpa Apr 2017 #37

It seems to me that we'd all be better off if the intel community was fully staffed with Snarkoleptic Apr 2017 #38