Wikileaks Doxxes CIA Chief’s Wife and Daughters
The anti-secrecy outfit once known for exposing potential war crimes is now publishing the personal information of civilians instead.
It will go down as one of Wikileaks more astonishing achievements that it managed to turn the director of the CIAa man who some have vilified as the architect of the drone wars and an endorser of tortureinto a sympathetic character.
But thats what happened on Wednesday when the Web site devoted to transparency and government accountability published loads of personal information about John Brennan, his wife and children, and other people close to him that had no obvious connection to his work as the CIA chief or his earlier role as President Obamas homeland security and counterterrorism adviser.
Wikileaks said the documents it published, which include a lengthy background check form that Brennan was filling out before joining the Obama administration in 2009, were obtained by a hacker who broke into Brennans personal email account. Readers hoping to see inside details of Brennans role in covert intelligence program were instead shown the names and birth dates of his two daughters, as well as Brennans parents dates of birth and their home address. Also the same information for his brother. And his sister.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/10/21/wikileaks-doxxes-cia-chief-s-wife-and-daughters.html
Glad to see others are starting to see through the veneer...
grasswire
(50,130 posts)I don't understand your comment.
OnyxCollie
(9,958 posts)touted by the likes of Assange/Greenwald/Scahill.
You see, these people are nothing but narcissistic swine with self-serving agendas. They are, of course, all tools of Putin.
Anything they write should be dismissed as hypocritical hyperbole.
You may now return to your Two-Minute Hate of Edward Snowden, followed by prayers to the Holy Trinity of James Clapper, Keith Alexander, and John Brennan.
The names and birth dates of his kids and the addresses of a few relatives. Top secret stuff that is.
We get it. NSA! NSA!
OnyxCollie
(9,958 posts)http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023739446
National Security Agency employees improperly eavesdropped on the phone calls of girlfriends, boyfriends, husbands, wives and spouses and engaged in other "intentional" abuses of their authority on 12 occasions since 2003, according to a newly released letter by the agency's inspector general.
The agency also has two open investigations into alleged misuse of its eavesdropping authorities and is reviewing a third one for possible investigation, according to a letter by NSA inspector general Dr. George Ellard.
Ellard's letter in response to an inquiry by GOP Sen. Charles Grassley was prompted by media reports that NSA employees at times have been caught in what is informally known as "loveint" collecting intelligence on love interests. But until now, the specific examples and the frequency of such cases have never been disclosed by the NSA.
In one case revealed by Ellard, an NSA employee for five years snooped on the phone calls of nine female foreign nationals "without a valid foreign intelligence purposes." In another, 2011 instance, an NSA employee admitted it was "her practice" to eavesdrop on foreign phone numbers "she obtained in social settings" in order to ensure she was not talking to shady characters.'' Both employees resigned before any disciplinary action could be taken
http://investigations.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/09/26/20709855-loveint-nsa-letter-discloses-employee-eavesdropping-on-girlfriends-spouses?lite
grasswire
(50,130 posts)well played
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)was classified, new, or even interesting...
But just like Sony, there *is* a lot of personal, identifying info. So what is their reasoning for this bullshit stunt?
grasswire
(50,130 posts)....revelations, too?