White House Spy in Cheney's Office for Three Years
 

Espionage Case Breaches the White House

Both the FBI and CIA are calling it the first case of espionage in the White House in modern history.

Officials tell ABC News the alleged spy worked undetected at the White House for almost three years. Leandro Aragoncillo, 46, was a U.S. Marine most recently assigned to the staff of Vice President Dick Cheney.

"I don't know of a case where the vetting broke down before and resulted in a spy being in the White House," said Richard Clarke, a former White House advisor who is now an ABC News consultant.

Federal investigators say Aragoncillo, a naturalized citizen from the Philippines, used his top secret clearance to steal classified intelligence documents from White House computers.

In 2000, Aragoncillo worked on the staff of then-Vice President Al Gore. When interviewed by Philippine television, he remarked how valued Philippine employees were at the White House.

"I think what they like most is our integrity and loyalty," Aragoncillo said.

Classified Material Transferred by E-Mail

Officials say the classified material, which Aragoncillo stole from the vice president's office, included damaging dossiers on the president of the Philippines. He then passed those on to opposition politicians planning a coup in the Pacific nation.

"Even though it's not for the Russians or some other government, the fact that it occurred at the White House is a matter of great concern," said John Martin, who was the government's lead espionage prosecutor for 26 years.

Last year, after leaving the Marines, Aragoncillo was caught by the FBI while he worked for the Bureau at an intelligence center at Fort Monmouth, N.J.

According to a criminal complaint, Aragoncillo was arrested last month and accused of downloading more than 100 classified documents from FBI computers.

"The information was transferred mostly by e-mails," said U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie at the time of Aragoncillo's arrest.

Since that arrest, officials say Aragoncillo has started to cooperate. He has admitted to spying while working on the staff of Vice President Cheney's office.

http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=1187030&page=1

Re: White House Spy in Cheney's Office for Three Years
 

Goes back to what I said about Flips.

Never trust them.

Re: White House Spy in Cheney's Office for Three Years
 

Well, let's see. We have a black eye for the White House, the Marine Corps, the FBI, naturalized citizens and Philappinos in general.

Nice going, Leandro. I'm thinking a public stoning wouldn't be amiss here.

Yeah, Leandro, it sure sucks being held up as an example of your race/ethnicity/heritage/fucking jobs that come with oaths of allegiance...but yanno, Leandro? Life just sucks sometimes.

Re: White House Spy in Cheney's Office for Three Years
 

Put him in a room with Jonathan Pollard ...

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A spy in the white house ?

Even the Mona Lisa's falling apart...

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Damn.. that's fucked up...

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:yawn: :sign_this

Re: White House Spy in Cheney's Office for Three Years
 

Oh if it were "10 Downing Street" instead you've be running around like a chicken with it's 'ead cut off. http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/dry.gif

Re: White House Spy in Cheney's Office for Three Years
 

Somebody would have had to have been fucking somebody else for it to be a British scandal ...

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... or to be a US Democratic one. :)

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It would have to be gay love for it be a scandal these days, we've already had the politician screwing another politician - hell we've a politcian screwing everything that moved and that was only a scandal because he looked like this:

http://eur.i1.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/i/uk/ne/meelo.jpg

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LOL... not a fan eh?

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I'm guessing ugly isn't an indictable offense ...

Re: White House Spy in Cheney's Office for Three Years
 

And wore his Cheslea football kit while on the job.


And speaking of politicians and sex, what the fuck is going on with Blunkett,
he's shagging anything that moves, girls must dig the dog..

Re: White House Spy in Cheney's Office for Three Years
 

The last known spy in the White House was put there by the Joint Chiefs of Staff ...