Googling for CIA Agents

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."

Comments

Real smart, David Lazarus.

[bigtallmofo]

Isn't there already one reporter jailed over this story?

Does David Lazarus want a big can of Patriot-Act whoop-ass to come down on him or what?

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[you-nix-boy]

They already do. It's called Fox News...