[Intelforum] Bush's Warrantless Wiretaps (2)

[Mike Anders]

"And the type of damage to the national security I was talking about is 
the type exemplified by the well documented case of the Sigint leak 
which resulted in the death of two hundred forty one US Marines in 
Lebanon.."

Specifically? Refresh my memory.

/vr
Mike Anders

LevinMJ at aol.com wrote:

> Mr. Prosano;
>  
> Thanks for your extended reply to my comments. Since you provide your 
> background in CI, perhaps fairness  dictates that I should provide 
> mine. My views are founded in over four decades of work in the signals 
> intelligence field.
> While my comments were limited to a reaction to Mr. Maschke's 
> statement that
>           "  I think that the whistleblowers who revealed this illegal 
> domestic
> surveillance program to the press are to be commended, not condemned."
> you appear to be tilting at windmills I did not paint.
> I did not comment on the legality or illegality of the White House 
> directed surveillance program.
> I did not comment on the role of SIGINT versus other intelligence sources.
> I did not comment on the degree of reliance on SIGINT.
> I simply indicated that the individual who revealed the existence of  
> the program, from a classified document, was not a whistleblower but 
> rather a leaker of classified national security information. I said 
> whistleblowing is legal; --you can give them your name. Leaking of 
> classified information is criminal; --you don't allow your name to be 
> used; you demand anonymity. And we don't commend criminals.
> And the type of damage to the national security I was talking about is 
> the type exemplified by the well documented case of the Sigint leak 
> which resulted in the death of two hundred forty one US Marines in 
> Lebanon.
>  
> Mike Levin
>
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