From: "Robert G Lewis" 


"George Sherwood"  wrote in message
news:pan.2006.01.13.00.25.38.41066{at}beernabeer.com...
> On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 18:02:02 -0600, Robert G Lewis wrote:
>
>> What damage has he really caused ? I haven't seen where he has released
>> any
>> specific information about how we are doing any of this. The information
>> that we are monitoring groups or have the ability to intercept
>> communications is certainly no secret.  Anyone who thinks they aren't /
>> can't be monitored hasn't been paying attention for about the last 20 or
>> so
>> years.
>>
>> If he has actually published operational details then it may be a
>> different
>> story.
> From what I have read in the papers and online, he gave away the fact that
> the monitoring was done in connection with cell phones and computers that
> had been seized overseas.  It is the tip off of methods and not the fact
> that causes the damage.  You can say small things tipoffs like this don't
> cause damage, but IMO the drip, drip, drip adds up.
>
> George

What did the administration release a couple of years ago about the guy in
Pakistan and his computer ? I think it also meant we could no longer use
him as a double agent. What have they said recently about monitoring cell
phones etc ? Guess there may be some elected officials giving away methods.

I'd have to say that the fact that we monitor / try to monitor computer and
cell phones that we seize would have to qualify as obvious to anyone with
any sense what so ever. Unless he is giving far more detailed information
he has given less information out on the methods than our elected
officials. I just haven't seen anything he has said that comes anywhere
close to what administration officials have released.

I'll agree about that the little bits of information add up and in this
particular case he should have kept quiet. I just see a LOT more coming
from Administration officials with access to all sorts of 'classified'
information. They have done more damage that this person has imo.

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