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Googling for CIA Agents

Posted by Zonk on from the tomorrow-today dept.

yali writes "As the heat turns up on the investigation into how an undercover CIA officer's identity was leaked to the press a technology columnist at the SF Chronicle, David Lazarus, shows how easy it is to identify individuals via the Internet. Even with little information, using widely available tools like Google and LexisNexis, it is possible to turn up startlingly relevant details." From the article: "I then went back to Google and got a map of Plame's neighborhood and directions to her home. Google also allowed me to study a high-resolution satellite photo of Plame's house. I could see that the property appears to be in a quiet residential community and looks approachable from all sides. It also offers ready access by car to major thoroughfares."

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  1. Look to the nerds for help. by HyperChicken · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Time to pollute Google and the likes with fake information. Websites containing boat loads of fake names, addresses, and phone numbers.

    Who's with me?!

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  2. you left something out by subtropolis · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    It was the CIA that requested the Justice Dept. to investigate, which in turn got the FBI involved. It's amazing the spin that's being put on this, like, "the Special Prosecutor is out of control" and other such nonsense. The GOP and it's army of shills are practically trying to create the impression that it was Howard Dean who gave Fitzgerald his marching orders.

    BTW, she was "non-offical cover", and she ran an operation tracking those in the world who would seek to aquire nuclear (and biological, i think) weapons. That's right! She was protecting blessed America from 'weapons of mass destruction.' Way to go Republicans.

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  3. Re:And no crime was committed by grammar+fascist · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I have mod points today, and I was going to mod this up - but I think I need to make a point.

    The parent post is Score:1, Informative as of now. -1 Overrated, +1 Informative were the moderations. Here's my question: who do these moderators think they are that they can try to silence people who present unpopular facts?

    Come on, Slashdot. You can do better than this.

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