The Washington Times
Inside the Ring
By Bill Gertz and Rowan Scarborough
March 25, 2005
[Excerpt]
Spy penetrations
Pentagon officials tell us one of the major problems for the new Iraqi
government and its security and military services is a lack of good
counterintelligence. Iraqi insurgents have succeeded in planting covert
agents inside a number of key agencies, we are told.
The penetrations include compromises uncovered so far in the Iraqi prime
minister's office, senior levels of the ministry of defense and the security
forces in charge of Baghdad International Airport.
In one case, a private Iraqi company that bid on a security contract for
the airport was found out to have been a front for Iraqis connected to the
insurgency, the officials said.
The officials said counterintelligence efforts to find and neutralize
the insurgents in Iraq have been very difficult and have not been given a
high priority by either Iraqi or U.S. and coalition officials.
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