{"id":90344,"date":"2017-12-03T16:41:31","date_gmt":"2017-12-03T20:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=90344"},"modified":"2017-12-06T11:07:28","modified_gmt":"2017-12-06T15:07:28","slug":"cia-directors-warning-to-assange-height-of-hypocrisy-and-chutzpah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=90344","title":{"rendered":"CIA Director&#8217;s Warning To Assange: Height of Hypocrisy and Chutzpah"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>\u2018Assange shouldn\u2019t be confident of protecting WikiLeaks sources\u2019 &#8211; CIA Chief Pompeo<\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_90475\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/5a241a44fc7e93f1788b4569.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90475\" class=\"wp-image-90475\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/5a241a44fc7e93f1788b4569.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/5a241a44fc7e93f1788b4569.jpg 900w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/5a241a44fc7e93f1788b4569-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/5a241a44fc7e93f1788b4569-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-90475\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CIA Director Mike Pompeo in Washington, October 19 \u00a9 Yuri Gripas \/ Reuters<\/p><\/div>\n<p>RT.com<\/p>\n<p>CIA Director Mike Pompeo said he won\u2019t tolerate secrets purloined by the CIA being stolen from the agency, and warned WikiLeaks to be more careful about protecting its sources.<\/p>\n<p>The CIA\u2019s official Twitter account tweeted Pompeo\u2019s comments about the whistleblowing site from an interview he gave at the Reagan National Defense Forum Saturday.<span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">DCIA Pompeo: WikiLeaks may think they are protecting those who provide them with classified information &amp; other secrets, but they should not be certain of that.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RNDF?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RNDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CIA (@CIA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CIA\/status\/937130068576559105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 3, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__text text js-mediator-article\">\n<h3><strong>STEALING SECRETS<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>\u201cI never miss an opportunity when I\u2019m with my officers to tell them the last thing we can tolerate is to have a secret that we\u2019ve stole re-stolen,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Pompeo\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BYMw7ruRe2k&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told<\/a>\u00a0moderator Brett Baier at the Los Angeles event.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt is simply unacceptable. It is our duty to protect them,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0he added.\u00a0<em>\u201cIt is our duty to go after those who stole them, and to prosecute them within the bounds of the law in every way that we can.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Pompeo\u2019s comments come nine months after WikiLeaks began releasing Vault7, a massive trove of classified CIA documents purportedly detailing the agency\u2019s hacking capabilities. The documents include reports of the agency\u2019s arsenal of malware and tech exploits, as well as its methods of infiltrating smartphones, TVs and laptops.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Vault7?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Vault7<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CIA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CIA<\/a> can hide its own fingerprints from its hacking exploits &amp; attribute blame to others &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Wikileaks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Wikileaks<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ew6xC3CwXl\">https:\/\/t.co\/ew6xC3CwXl<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iWTrQRscsj\">pic.twitter.com\/iWTrQRscsj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; RT (@RT_com) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RT_com\/status\/839260411723722752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The CIA is believed to have lost control of this arsenal before WikiLeaks obtained it. The hacking capabilities were doing the rounds among government hackers, one of whom provided WikiLeaks with the collection, the whistleblowing site\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/ciav7p1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">explained<\/a>. According to WikiLeaks, the Vault7 source wanted to\u00a0<em>\u201cinitiate a public debate about the security, creation, use, proliferation and democratic control of cyberweapons.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Some of the biggest revelations in Vault7 were the CIA\u2019s ability to mask its hacking exploits to make them appear to be the work of other countries, namely Russia, China and Iran. It has raised questions about security firm Crowdstrike linking the Democratic National Committee email hack to Russian hackers.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>WIKILEAKS SOURCES<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>\u201cI sometimes hear comments from WikiLeaks and Mr Assange thinking that those who have provided him classified information are safe and secure,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Pompeo said.\u00a0<em>\u201cHe ought to be a bit less confident about that, because we\u2019re going to go figure out how to protect this information. We owe it to the American people and our officers who dedicated to it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CIA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CIA<\/a> knew <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Vault7?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Vault7<\/a> was coming, focus turns to contractors as source of leak &#8211; officials <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KEs4eqrIO1\">https:\/\/t.co\/KEs4eqrIO1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aPPiXhoa9U\">pic.twitter.com\/aPPiXhoa9U<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; RT America (@RT_America) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RT_America\/status\/839589701606596608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 8, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cJust to be clear, WikiLeaks is a national security threat in your eyes?\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Baier asked Pompeo.<em>\u00a0\u201cYes. You can go no further than the release of documents by [Chelsea] Manning to see the risk that it presents to the United States of America,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0the CIA chief responded.<\/p>\n<p>Pompeo was referring to US Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning, who released hundreds of thousands of documents from the military along with diplomatic cables to WikiLeaks in 2010.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2018Collateral Murder\u2019 video leaked by Chelsea Manning shows an aerial attack by US Apache helicopters in East Baghdad <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hPEC4Jq1yy\">https:\/\/t.co\/hPEC4Jq1yy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; RT America (@RT_America) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RT_America\/status\/864903095242960896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 17, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>While the release revealed the extent of civilian casualties in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and included reports from Guantanamo Bay and the infamous Collateral Murder video depicting a US helicopter attack killing two Reuters employees and injuring two children, a 2011 Department of Defense\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/assets.documentcloud.org\/documents\/3868778\/Wikileaks-Manning-Defense-Department-Damage.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">report<\/a>\u00a0published in June found the disclosure had no significant effect on US interests.<\/p>\n<p>Pompeo has emerged as a staunch critic of WikiLeaks since becoming head of the CIA, describing the organization as a\u00a0<em>\u201chostile intelligence agency,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0and dubbing Assange a\u00a0<em>\u201cnarcissist\u201d<\/em>\u00a0and a\u00a0<em>\u201cfraud.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This is a departure from his position when he was a Kansas congressman and was tweeting about the WikiLeaks\u2019 DNC email release.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tweet sent by CIA Director Mike Pompeo on 24 July 2016 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sTMHw2nvOG\">https:\/\/t.co\/sTMHw2nvOG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qd0mYRl5QF\">pic.twitter.com\/Qd0mYRl5QF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wikileaks\/status\/852631445369745409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 13, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The annual RNDF event has been\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/lorenthompson\/2017\/12\/01\/whats-new-at-the-reagan-defense-forum-this-year-the-threat-of-north-korean-nuclear-attack\/#1905aa3e7b29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">dubbed<\/a><em>\u201cthe Davos of defense.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Speakers at this year\u2019s event include former CIA head Leon Panetta, national security advisor HR McMaster and a number of congressmen and representatives from defense corporations like Lockheed Martin.<\/p>\n<p>___<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/411801-pompeo-wikileaks-assange-sources-secrets\/\"><br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/411801-pompeo-wikileaks-assange-sources-secrets\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"addthis_sharing_toolbox\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/411801-pompeo-wikileaks-assange-sources-secrets\/\" data-title=\"\u2018Assange shouldn\u2019t be confident of protecting WikiLeaks sources\u2019 - CIA Chief Pompeo\" data-description=\"CIA Director Mike Pompeo has lashed out at WikiLeaks once again, warning the whistleblowing site to be more concerned about its sources. \">\n<div id=\"atstbx4\" class=\"at-share-tbx-element addthis-smartlayers addthis-animated at4-show\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"at-c6cb2201-f79e-4e61-9066-af5b03e1672e\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"at-share-btn-elements\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Assange shouldn\u2019t be confident of protecting WikiLeaks sources\u2019 &#8211; 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