From: "Robert G Lewis" 


"George Sherwood"  wrote in message
news:pan.2005.10.06.22.50.10.161182{at}beernabeer.com...
> On Wed, 05 Oct 2005 18:42:15 -0400, Rich Gauszka wrote:
>
>> Well it looks like Cheney had a spy after all. Hopefully it was limited
>> to
>> planning a coup in the Philippines
>> .
>>
>> http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=1187030&page=1
>>
>>
> Interesting that now they are saying no evidence at this time he was
> stealing classified at the White House.  But every one was quick to jump
> on Cheney.
>
> George
>
>
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/06/politics/06marine.html?ex=1286251200&en=166
6e15baf80de15&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss

These were in the original article. I wonder who the sources were ?
"Federal investigators say Aragoncillo, a naturalized citizen from the
Philippines, used his top secret clearance to steal classified intelligence
documents from White House computers. "


"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. "

I wonder just how much access he to the information while he served in the
White House. As a Gunnery Sergeant and part of the VP's security detail I
wouldn't think he would have a lot of direct access. Could you make any
guesses on that ?


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/06/AR2005100601030
.html
would indicate that he was stealing during the time at the WH.

I would hope Cheney had better things to do than run his security detail
. I might and will fault Cheney (and Bush) for a lot of things but I
would not expect him to be actively involved in his own security detail.

Also is an FBI analyst the same as an Agent ? The Times called him an Agent
but other stories call him an Analyst which appears to be staff position.

Bob Lewis

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