Post by sciwriter on Nov 23, 2005 22:06:18 GMT -7
Who is leaking counterterrorist information through LA Times and Washington Post? Recall that mDeep Throat leaked anti-Nixon Watergate revalations through
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>> CLANDESTINE RADIO WATCH 194 Extra A
>> November 22, 2005
>>
>> CRW is the biweekly online magazine for ClandestineRadio.com, the Web's
>> only portal on clandestine broadcasting and subversive media.
>>
>> www.ClandestineRadio.com
>>
>> The full online issue can be read at:
>> www.ClandestineRadio.com/crw/crw.php?id=271
>>
>
>>
>> CIA Leaks Used by Al Qaeda to Justify Terrorism
>> By Nick Grace and Marwan Soliman
>> November 22, 2005
>>
>> A stream of leaks to the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post about
>> covert allied counterterror operations is now playing a strategic role in
>> al Qaeda's propaganda campaign. Following the November 9 triple bombings
>> in Amman, the chief of al Qaeda in the Land of the Two Rivers, Abu Musab
>> al-Zarqawi, cited a Los Angeles Times report that disclosed covert
>> relations between U.S. and Jordanian intelligence as justification for the
>> attacks in an audio file posted on Jihadi Web forums on Friday.
>>
>> "The Los Angeles Times newspaper mentions that Jordanian intelligence
>> strengthened the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and made it more
>> effective in the Middle East for its war," he said. "The American
>> newspaper indicated that Jordan and the United States maintain close
>> consultation in the interrogation of suspects and is resulting in
>> widespread criticism around the world for its methods and human rights
>> violations. The newspaper discovered that the American Central
>> Intelligence Agency provided a budget for the interrogations and its
>> cadres participated from their headquarters in Amman..."
>>
>> An excerpt of Zarqawi's statement in Arabic is available here:
>> www.clandestineradio.com/audio/meast_zarqawi_051118.mp3.
>>
>> The article, "U.S., Jordan Forge Closer Ties in Covert War on Terrorism"
>> by Ken Silverstein and published on November 10, is one of a string of
>> recent stories that focus a spotlight on the alleged involvement of U.S.
>> allies, ongoing covert operations and intelligence liaison agreements, and
>> even specific information on chartered aircraft used in conjunction with
>> the shadow war being waged against terrorism. The Washington Post also
>> published two recent articles by Dana Priest based on leaks that expose
>> covert efforts central to U.S. national security.
>>
>> A report by Priest and published on November 18, "CIA, Foreign
>> Intelligence Align," include an allegation of nepotism backed by "four
>> sources" that former Director of Central Intelligence George Tenet
>> facilitated the entrance of a "relative" of a former Indonesian
>> intelligence chief "into a top-rated American university." Multiple
>> Indonesian sources who spoke to Clandestine Radio Watch on condition of
>> anonymity confirm that a relative of the official is indeed in the U.S.
>> but also state independently that the Washington Post story failed to
>> provide the context that this relative is a former Indonesian Special
>> Forces officer who was central to the capture of Omar al-Farouq, al Qaeda
>> Southeast Asian operations chief, in 2002. One source questioned the
>> purpose of the leak and pointed out that it is highly damaging to any
>> relationship that Jakarta and Washington may maintain - at a time when
>> such cooperation could be vital to counter a planned December terror
>> campaign unearthed after
>> recent raids. The story, he said, has already made the rounds of the
>> Jakarta press.
>>
>> While Washington continues to focus on the parlor game of "whodunnit"
>> surrounding the Fitzgerald investigation and bicker over pre-war
>> intelligence on Iraq, the leaks about ongoing CIA operations are
>> exacerbating the hostile online and foreign information environments and
>> are being used strategically against U.S. policy. Al Qaeda supporters and
>> its operatives on the Internet are quietly translating the damaging
>> Washington Post and Los Angeles Times stories into Arabic and spreading
>> the information across the Tajdeed Forum, Baytalmaqdes and other Jihadi
>> message boards that serve to promote terrorism, attacks against U.S.
>> military and government personnel, and the establishment of the global
>> Islamic caliphate.
>>
>> The leaks, which Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist stated are a
>> "legitimate concern" earlier this month, have yet to be investigated.
>> Zarqawi's direct use of the allegations to justify the murder of 57
>> innocent civilians in Jordan and push for continued violence against the
>> Kingdom, however, remove any doubt as to the impact that these Los Angeles
>> Times and Washington Post stories are having against U.S. efforts in the
>> War on Terror.
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>> CLANDESTINE RADIO WATCH 194 Extra A
>> November 22, 2005
>>
>> CRW is the biweekly online magazine for ClandestineRadio.com, the Web's
>> only portal on clandestine broadcasting and subversive media.
>>
>> www.ClandestineRadio.com
>>
>> The full online issue can be read at:
>> www.ClandestineRadio.com/crw/crw.php?id=271
>>
>
>>
>> CIA Leaks Used by Al Qaeda to Justify Terrorism
>> By Nick Grace and Marwan Soliman
>> November 22, 2005
>>
>> A stream of leaks to the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post about
>> covert allied counterterror operations is now playing a strategic role in
>> al Qaeda's propaganda campaign. Following the November 9 triple bombings
>> in Amman, the chief of al Qaeda in the Land of the Two Rivers, Abu Musab
>> al-Zarqawi, cited a Los Angeles Times report that disclosed covert
>> relations between U.S. and Jordanian intelligence as justification for the
>> attacks in an audio file posted on Jihadi Web forums on Friday.
>>
>> "The Los Angeles Times newspaper mentions that Jordanian intelligence
>> strengthened the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and made it more
>> effective in the Middle East for its war," he said. "The American
>> newspaper indicated that Jordan and the United States maintain close
>> consultation in the interrogation of suspects and is resulting in
>> widespread criticism around the world for its methods and human rights
>> violations. The newspaper discovered that the American Central
>> Intelligence Agency provided a budget for the interrogations and its
>> cadres participated from their headquarters in Amman..."
>>
>> An excerpt of Zarqawi's statement in Arabic is available here:
>> www.clandestineradio.com/audio/meast_zarqawi_051118.mp3.
>>
>> The article, "U.S., Jordan Forge Closer Ties in Covert War on Terrorism"
>> by Ken Silverstein and published on November 10, is one of a string of
>> recent stories that focus a spotlight on the alleged involvement of U.S.
>> allies, ongoing covert operations and intelligence liaison agreements, and
>> even specific information on chartered aircraft used in conjunction with
>> the shadow war being waged against terrorism. The Washington Post also
>> published two recent articles by Dana Priest based on leaks that expose
>> covert efforts central to U.S. national security.
>>
>> A report by Priest and published on November 18, "CIA, Foreign
>> Intelligence Align," include an allegation of nepotism backed by "four
>> sources" that former Director of Central Intelligence George Tenet
>> facilitated the entrance of a "relative" of a former Indonesian
>> intelligence chief "into a top-rated American university." Multiple
>> Indonesian sources who spoke to Clandestine Radio Watch on condition of
>> anonymity confirm that a relative of the official is indeed in the U.S.
>> but also state independently that the Washington Post story failed to
>> provide the context that this relative is a former Indonesian Special
>> Forces officer who was central to the capture of Omar al-Farouq, al Qaeda
>> Southeast Asian operations chief, in 2002. One source questioned the
>> purpose of the leak and pointed out that it is highly damaging to any
>> relationship that Jakarta and Washington may maintain - at a time when
>> such cooperation could be vital to counter a planned December terror
>> campaign unearthed after
>> recent raids. The story, he said, has already made the rounds of the
>> Jakarta press.
>>
>> While Washington continues to focus on the parlor game of "whodunnit"
>> surrounding the Fitzgerald investigation and bicker over pre-war
>> intelligence on Iraq, the leaks about ongoing CIA operations are
>> exacerbating the hostile online and foreign information environments and
>> are being used strategically against U.S. policy. Al Qaeda supporters and
>> its operatives on the Internet are quietly translating the damaging
>> Washington Post and Los Angeles Times stories into Arabic and spreading
>> the information across the Tajdeed Forum, Baytalmaqdes and other Jihadi
>> message boards that serve to promote terrorism, attacks against U.S.
>> military and government personnel, and the establishment of the global
>> Islamic caliphate.
>>
>> The leaks, which Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist stated are a
>> "legitimate concern" earlier this month, have yet to be investigated.
>> Zarqawi's direct use of the allegations to justify the murder of 57
>> innocent civilians in Jordan and push for continued violence against the
>> Kingdom, however, remove any doubt as to the impact that these Los Angeles
>> Times and Washington Post stories are having against U.S. efforts in the
>> War on Terror.