"It was a mistake to do it, but we did nothing wrong."
Doublespeak at its finest.
A review panel has tossed aside accusations that the US Central Intelligence Agency hacked into computers used by Senate aides investigating the torture of terror suspects, saying the CIA did nothing wrong. The CIA has been criticized by several lawmakers – in particular, Senator Diane Feinstein (D-CA), who chairs the Senate …
with this kind of crap endemic within Govt organisations its no wonder any techie worth their salt would slag "callmeDaves" encryption disposal proposals at every opportunity.
When you can't even rely on an organisation to admit complete malfeasance there is something majorly wrong.
Lets not forget they tried to get criminal charges raised against the committee.
Govt powers or any sort - take a leaf from Zammo's book - just say no.
She has no problem denouncing Edward Snowden, stonewalling NSA reform and championing our current intelligence oversight, but when it is HER information and systems that are getting broken into by America's intelligence community, then it is a big, potentially criminal deal.
I have a low tolerance for hypocrisy, and it would be a happier world for me if Diane Feinstein was not representing my state in the Senate.
Indeed. If I went around doing this sort of thing here, I'd be up in front of a disciplinary panel pretty darn quick and out the door shortly afterwards.
I technically, have access to the entire organisation's documents and work etc... But if I go accessing them, I'd be abusing my position of trust.
That's what the CIA did here - they abused a position of trust.
The CIA found itself in a difficult situation, the report states, because while it was required "to safeguard the prerogatives of the Senate, particularly the protection of work product," it also needed to ensure the security of a computer system "containing substantial sensitive material."
Imagine that... the CIA is the Senate's IT Security department.
So, did they delete any documents or not?
Did any of the CIA operatives who access the computers discuss any of what they found with anyone else that could potentially influence the investigation?
The findings of this report are pure bullshit if you ask me. I'm sure Cameron will be asking for some tips whilst he is over there.
"Shame we can't recreate Westminster on a small island and have him come back, to it, at night. Just leave a sign on the door saying we all emigrated."
That is an excellent plan, and probably a lot cheaper than Cameron's 24x7 surveillance society, and even better it respects human rights and doesn't willfully kill people. Cameron could learn a thing or two from swampdog - assuming of course that Cameron could take his head out of his rear echo chamber for 10 minutes or so and pay attention.