A Hizbollah Mole? Case against CIA spy shocks counter-intelligence community

[cali]

Source: Newsweek


Nov 13, 2007 | Updated: 7:46 p.m. ET Nov 13, 2007

A former FBI agent who pleaded guilty Tuesday to fraudulently obtaining U.S. citizenship and then improperly accessing sensitive computer information about Hizbollah was working until about a year ago as a CIA spy assigned to Middle East operations, Newsweek has learned.

The stunning case of Nada Nadim Prouty, a 37-year-old Lebanese native who is related to a suspected Hizbollah money launderer, appears to raise a nightmarish question for U.S. intelligence agencies: Could one of the world's most notorious terrorist groups have infiltrated the U.S. government?

"I'm beginning to think it's possible that Hizbollah put a mole in our government," said Richard Clarke, the former White House counter-terrorism chief under Presidents Clinton and, until 2002, Bush. "It's mind-blowing."

A U.S. official familiar with the case said Tuesday that the government's investigation has uncovered no evidence so far that Prouty, who was employed by the CIA until last week, had compromised any undercover operations or passed along sensitive intelligence information to Hizbollah operatives. After joining the CIA in June 2003, Prouty was an undercover officer for the agency's National Clandestine Service, the espionage division, working on Middle East-related cases. She was reassigned to a less sensitive position about a year ago, after she first came under suspicion, officials said.

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[annabanana]

1. It's a regular old mole-hill down there in foggy bottom

You got yer hizbollah, turkey, isreal. . .

[zbdent]

2. wonder if her phone conversations were tapped ...

[happygoluckytoyou]

3. COLOR ME SHOCKED

let me understand....
we put spies everywhere....
someone put one on us....

okay.... back to FOX news, where, believe it or not... Paris is coming out with a new perfume
Eau De Prisoncell
i wanna sniff THAT

[bemildred]

4. You mean our spooks can be spooked?

:rofl::rofl:

[gratuitous]

5. Shocking, isn't it?

I suppose we could change the way we conduct our affairs in the world. Maybe, I dunno, treat other countries with respect? Maybe not be so bellicose in our dealings? Save invasions, occupations and war for dire situations, and tread a little more lightly. We could even claim a smaller share of the world's bounty, share things a little more equally among the nations of the world. Be more cooperative and less secretive, so that other countries don't feel so fearful of us.

Naaaaaahhh.

[bemildred]

6. The US "special ops" spooks have been disastrous fuckups since day one.

It is a long, sorry record they have.