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The current Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Mike Pompeo, has described WikiLeaks as a "non-state hostile intelligence service":
Russian military intelligence used Wikileaks to distribute hacked material during the US election, he added. Earlier this month Wikileaks published details of what it said were CIA hacking tools. The FBI and CIA have launched a criminal investigation into the leak.
"WikiLeaks walks like a hostile intelligence service and talks like a hostile intelligence service," Mr Pompeo said, speaking at a Washington think tank. "It overwhelmingly focuses on the US, while seeking support from anti-democratic countries and organisations," he added.
Wikileaks responded by posting a screenshot of a tweet sent by Mr Pompeo last July, in which the then member of the House of Representatives referred to material contained in the Wikileaks release of Democratic party emails. The tweet has since been deleted.
Does that make the CIA a "state hostile intelligence service"?
(Score: 3, Funny) by snufu on Saturday April 15 2017, @07:58PM (3 children)
Is this white house genuinely as paranoid as they act, or is it some kind of incompetent chaotic performance art parody of Nixonian administration?
(Score: 3, Insightful) by takyon on Saturday April 15 2017, @08:17PM
Probably any CIA Director could be made to say this if you rubbed the right neurons together. The military and intelligence community love to talk about "non-state actors".
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(Score: 1) by Pax on Saturday April 15 2017, @08:31PM
FTFY
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 15 2017, @09:24PM
It's not paranoia when somebody actually is out to get you, for real. That is the case here.
In other news, "hate" and "fear" are sometimes the proper and correct emotions, fully justified. An inability to experience these emotions is mental illness.