CIA Complains About Wikileaks Releasing Their Tools Used To Spy On People In Their Homes And The FBI Joins Them In Trying To Find The Source Of The Leak

March 14. 2017

 

FBI Director James Comey, former FBI Director Robert Mueller and U.S. President Barack Obama

CIA blasts WikiLeaks for publishing secret documents

CIA: 'Such disclosures not only jeopardize US personnel and operations, but also equip our adversaries with tools and information to do us harm'

 Published Wed, Mar 8, 2017 7:40 PM - WASHINGTON DC, USA – The Central Intelligence Agency on Wednesday, March 8, accused WikiLeaks of endangering Americans, helping US rivals and hampering Washington's fight against terror threats by releasing what the anti-secrecy site claimed was a trove of CIA hacking tools.

A CIA spokeswoman would not confirm the authenticity of the materials published a day earlier by WikiLeaks, which said they were leaked from the spy agency's hacking operations. Nevertheless, said spokeswoman Heather Fritz Horniak, "The American public should be deeply troubled by any WikiLeaks disclosure designed to damage the intelligence community's ability to protect America against terrorists and other adversaries."

"Such disclosures not only jeopardize US personnel and operations, but also equip our adversaries with tools and information to do us harm," she said. Horniak defended the CIA's cyber operations, which the WikiLeaks materials showed focused heavily on breaking into personal electronics using a wide range of malware systems.... 

Most experts believe the materials to be genuine, and US media said Wednesday that the Federal Bureau of Investigation is opening a criminal probe into the leak. The source of the materials remained unclear. The investigation could focus on whether the CIA was sloppy in its controls, or, as the Washington Post reported, it could be "a major mole hunt" for a malicious leaker or turncoat inside the agency...

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