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2017-10-22 Terror Networks

CIA ‘working to take down' WikiLeaks, al Qaeda, and Islamic State threats, agency chief says

[Wash Times] The head of the CIA lumped WikiLeaks with al Qaeda and the Islamic State and said his agency is working toward reducing the "enormous threat" posed by each of them.

CIA Director Mike Pompeo placed the antisecrecy website in the same category as terrorist organizations while speaking Thursday at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies’ National Security Summit in D.C.

"I talked about these non-state actors, and it’s not just Wikileaks. Indeed I may have overemphasized them ‐ they are an enormous threat, we are working to take down that threat to the United States as well, to reduce the threat from all of it," Mr. Pompeo said. "But Hezbollah, [the Islamic State], al Qaeda, none of them sit at the U.N., these are all non-state actors, each of which has not only cyber capacity, but they look and feel like very good intelligence organizations.

"All the tradecraft that you read about from the excellent work that the agency’s done and that our state competitors have done for decades and decades, you now see it being adopted by these non-state agencies," Mr. Pompeo continued. "They run assets; they run counterintelligence program; they lure dangles ‐ all the tradecraft that you read about from the excellent work that the agency’s done and that our state competitors have done for decades and decades, you now see it being adopted by these non-state agencies. "

WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange scoffed at the CIA chief’s remarks.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-10-22 05:26|| || Front Page|| [10325 views ] Top

#1 Wikileaks appears to be an internally generated problem. Perhaps some might say all are internally generated.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-10-22 05:36|| 2017-10-22 05:36|| Front Page Top

#2 It doesn't matter - all that matters is that they want one world government and anything that opposes this goal is enemy.

Posted by Herb McCoy7309 2017-10-22 06:42|| 2017-10-22 06:42|| Front Page Top

#3 Herb, when I started college 50 yrs ago, (damn I'm old), one of the most aggressive recruiters at freshman orientation was the "One World Fedaralists".

Given my interest in the political and my inbred love of country federalism was very interesting so I took some time speaking to them and looking at their literature. It took little time to determine that they were very much of the pale red variety.

Amazing how OWF and Internat'l Socialism sounded the same when you translated the jargon and euphemisms and crushing desire for a "new" man.

Posted by AlanC 2017-10-22 08:54|| 2017-10-22 08:54|| Front Page Top

#4 They have anybody working on the NKors?

No I didn't think so!

Not even a "Remember the Pueblo"

Posted by 3dc 2017-10-22 15:01|| 2017-10-22 15:01|| Front Page Top

#5 The CIA seems WAY overstaffed for the task.

Posted by Black Bart Omeasing1539 2017-10-22 15:15|| 2017-10-22 15:15|| Front Page Top

#6 When you have your own agenda, you need a big staff to cover all the angles.

Posted by Alaska Paul at FL340 2017-10-22 17:18|| 2017-10-22 17:18|| Front Page Top

#7 you need a big staff to cover all the angles, especially the ass.

Posted by AlanC 2017-10-22 19:05|| 2017-10-22 19:05|| Front Page Top

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