White House Spy
- Posted by MacStansbury on October 5th, 2005 filed in General, John, Journalism, Politics
Drudge points to this ABC News story claiming an espionage case in the White House:
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.
Makes the Judith Plame thing seem a little silly, doesn’t it? More details all over everywhere, any minute now.
Beth says:
Oh, brother. They’ll try to make it a Bush FUBAR.
From the article:
“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.
Marcus Aurelius says:
Keep your eyes on this. It is a presidential FUBAR but it goes back to the previous administration.