Like...Duhhhhh! B. FBI says some State Department reporters are fakes May 11, 2000 Web posted at: 4:00 p.m. EDT (2000 GMT) >From CNN State Department Correspondent Andrea Koppel WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Undercover intelligence agents from other countries are posing as news reporters at the State Department, the site of recent security breaches, an FBI official said Thursday. At a House International Relations Committee hearing on State Department security, FBI Counterintelligence Section Chief Timothy D. Bereznay testified that there are known agents currently working as journalists. "Intelligence officers under correspondent cover have been engaged in active measures, campaigns designed to support their national interest and to influence United States policy," he said. "Historically, hostile intelligence officers have utilized media cover" to hide their activities in the United States, Bereznay said. Journalists roam freely at State Department Questions were raised about international journalists after a joint FBI-State Department investigation. The probe resulted in a classified report in 1998 that addressed threats to the State Department by intelligence agents from other countries. The FBI complained about the situation, but the journalists still have access to the building. The State Department said there are 467 accredited journalists working at the State Department, 56 of them for foreign media. There is an escort policy for all visitors and journalists at the State Department, but it is rarely enforced -- journalists basically are able to roam the building unchaperoned. Hearing follows recent security breaches Thursday's hearing was held to determine potential security breaches at the State Department after the recent disappearance of three laptop computers. One of the computers contains classified information about the sources and methods used to determine countries' nuclear proliferation programs. The classified laptop was not "password protected" and the data was "not encrypted," sources told CNN earlier this month. In other words, anyone turning on the computer would have access to the data stored inside it. The disappearance of the first laptop was a serious embarrassment to the State Department, coming after last year's discovery of an eavesdropping device in a seventh-floor State Department conference room. A Russian diplomat was expelled for listening to the transmissions. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright instituted a top-to-bottom review of security procedures because of the security lapses. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html <A HREF="http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
