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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective
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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (3126)10/19/2000 5:55:00 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER   of 10042
 
Although I was also aware of The Washington Times' connection to loony Moon, I've nonetheless tried to sort out any valuable gen it might publish.... Especially about the MEGAmole Deutch affair:

Message 14572879

BTW, here's the latest news:

Thursday October 19 1:21 AM ET
Handling of Deutch Case Under Probe

By LARRY MARGASAK, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon (news - web sites)'s chief internal watchdog is investigating whether a former deputy defense secretary and other senior officials improperly stopped a review that could have led to ex-CIA (news - web sites) Director John Deutch being denied access to secret military information.

Acting Inspector General Donald Mancuso said Wednesday the investigation, started within the past few weeks, was triggered by events in August and September 1999 that halted the Defense Department review.

Deutch's access to classified military material remained in force until February 2000 even though the CIA had pulled Deutch's spy agency security clearances in August 1999. The CIA acted because of Deutch's processing of classified material on vulnerable, unsecure computers.

An internal Pentagon memo states John Hamre, a former deputy secretary, was ``involved'' in the decision to stop the August 1999 Pentagon inquiry, and Mancuso's investigation is designed to determine whether Hamre and other senior officials acted properly.
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