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shawa
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 Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 11:12 pm Post subject: Espionage Case Breaches The White House |
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A holdover from Clinton era!!
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=1187030&page=1
| Quote: | Espionage Case Breaches the White House
Accused Marine Worked in Vice President's Office
By BRIAN ROSS and RICHARD ESPOSITO
Oct. 5, 2005 — - Both the FBI and CIA are calling it the first case of espionage in the White House in modern history.
Officials tell ABC News the alleged spy worked undetected at the White House for almost three years. Leandro Aragoncillo, 46, was a U.S. Marine most recently assigned to the staff of Vice President Dick Cheney.
"I don't know of a case where the vetting broke down before and resulted in a spy being in the White House," said Richard Clarke, a former White House advisor who is now an ABC News consultant.
Federal investigators say Aragoncillo, a naturalized citizen from the Philippines, used his top secret clearance to steal classified intelligence documents from White House computers.
In 2000, Aragoncillo worked on the staff of then-Vice President Al Gore. When interviewed by Philippine television, he remarked how valued Philippine employees were at the White House.
"I think what they like most is our integrity and loyalty," Aragoncillo said.
Classified Material Transferred by E-Mail
Officials say the classified material, which Aragoncillo stole from the vice president's office, included damaging dossiers on the president of the Philippines. He then passed those on to opposition politicians planning a coup in the Pacific nation.
"Even though it's not for the Russians or some other government, the fact that it occurred at the White House is a matter of great concern," said John Martin, who was the government's lead espionage prosecutor for 26 years.
Last year, after leaving the Marines, Aragoncillo was caught by the FBI while he worked for the Bureau at an intelligence center at Fort Monmouth, N.J.
According to a criminal complaint, Aragoncillo was arrested last month and accused of downloading more than 100 classified documents from FBI computers.
"The information was transferred mostly by e-mails," said U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie at the time of Aragoncillo's arrest.
Since that arrest, officials say Aragoncillo has started to cooperate. He has admitted to spying while working on the staff of Vice President Cheney's office.
Aragoncillo began working at the White House in 1999. Officials are now trying to learn how he landed the job, when he started spying, and how he escaped detection for so long.
"Of course, it is a source of embarrassment when you find out that this kind of activity has been carried out literally right under your nose," said Martin, the former espionage prosecutor.
According to friends, in addition to his work for Cheney and Gore, Aragoncillo claimed he also worked with President Clinton and Condoleezza Rice when she was the national security advisor. |
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shawa
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| Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 12:35 am Post subject: |
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Hmmm, He was a busy boy!
Stealing classified docs from the Vice-President's office.
Then he leaves the Marines and works at the FBI Intelligence Center downloading tons of classified material.
| Quote: | | According to a criminal complaint, Aragoncillo was arrested last month and accused of downloading more than 100 classified documents from FBI computers. |
The Philippines is a hotbed for al Qaida. Just who was this 'opposition' that he was supplying with information??? Was Qaida getting direct intelligence info from the WH and FBI???
Link to docs re FBI charges
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PhantomSgt
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| Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 9:15 am Post subject: |
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| shawa wrote: | Hmmm, He was a busy boy!
Stealing classified docs from the Vice-President's office.
Then he leaves the Marines and works at the FBI Intelligence Center downloading tons of classified material.
| Quote: | | According to a criminal complaint, Aragoncillo was arrested last month and accused of downloading more than 100 classified documents from FBI computers. |
The Philippines is a hotbed for al Qaida. Just who was this 'opposition' that he was supplying with information??? Was Qaida getting direct intelligence info from the WH and FBI???
Link to docs re FBI charges |
It appears the Philippine opposition to President Arroyo were the ones the information was sent to.
Deposed President Estrada, Senator Lacson, Estrada's son Jingoy and several other opposition officials recieved the classified information.
The go between in the USA for hard copy information was a former aide of Senator Lacson when Lacson was Chief of the Philippine National Police under President Estrada. He was an illegal alien overstay in New York awaiting his deportation hearing. He had earlier fled the Philippines where he was facing murder charges.
This is just the "tip of the iceberg" as to what information was compromised by Argoncillo. The public will never hear the "rest of the story" concerning this matter.
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blue9t3
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| Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 1:17 am Post subject: |
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I'm surprized it was'nt a story about an illegal working in the white house, let clinton back in and it will happen. 
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wwIIvetsdaughter
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| Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 1:10 am Post subject: |
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| I hope this disgrace to the Corps gets the hardest time possible, will it be Leavenworth or a military stockade? |
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blue9t3
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| Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 1:25 am Post subject: |
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I will sleep just fine if the little ungratefull pos busts rocks for 20 years, PS. I bet the punk don't come crying on my shoulder, let him go back to driving a jetnee in alongapoo! 
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PhantomSgt
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| Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 7:57 am Post subject: |
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| blue9t3 wrote: | | I will sleep just fine if the little ungratefull pos busts rocks for 20 years, PS. I bet the punk don't come crying on my shoulder, let him go back to driving a jetnee in alongapoo! |
A Plea Bargain is being worked that will let the FBI know all the details of what was passed over by the Perp. I imagine he will end up at a Martha Stewart endorsed government resort.
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