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Report Blasts Deutch's Security Lapses
By Walter Pincus
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, November 29, 2000 ; Page A09
John M. Deutch, a former CIA director and top Pentagon official
in the mid-1990s, committed a "particularly egregious" violation
of security rules by using unsecured computers at home and in the
office, the Defense Department's inspector general said in a
final report made public yesterday.
"The evidence we obtained clearly establishes that Dr. Deutch
failed to follow even the most basic security precautions," the
report concluded.
While serving as an undersecretary of defense in 1993 and then as
deputy secretary of defense until 1995--the second- and
third-ranking civilian posts at the Pentagon,
respectively--Deutch "declined departmental requests that he
allow security systems to be installed at his residence," the
report noted.
During that same period, it added, Deutch signed a memorandum to
all Pentagon employees warning that only "properly reviewed and
cleared" information should "be placed on electronic systems
accessible to the public."
Deutch's security violations first came to light in late 1996,
when he resigned as director of the CIA after being passed over
for appointment as secretary of defense in the second Clinton
administration.
CIA technicians who went to his home to take back computers owned
by the agency discovered that he had written top-secret
intelligence memos on unsecured machines that were linked to the
Internet and theoretically were vulnerable to hackers.
That discovery led the Pentagon inspector general to review
Deutch's tenure at the Defense Department, where investigators
determined that he had committed similar security violations.
The probes also led to a criminal investigation by the Justice
Department, which is still underway.
As a result, yesterday's report said, Deutch declined to be
interviewed by investigators "based on the advice of counsel."
A special prosecutor appointed by Attorney General Janet Reno has
recommended Deutch be charged with violating security laws, but
the matter is still under review, according to government
sources.
The Pentagon investigation tracked down at least seven desktop
and laptop computers that Deutch had used, several of which were
later sold or donated to educational institutions. None was
found to have classified materials stored in their memories.
But a former aide told investigators that Deutch had used two
portable computers to write a daily journal that contained
classified information.
Because computers used for the journal also were at times hooked
up to Deutch's AOL Internet account, the inspector general called
Deutch's actions "extremely risky."
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