Posted by: Captain Haddock December 14, 2006
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On the lighter side,if it can be called that, I read this in the Washington Post:
Seeking Iran Intelligence, U.S. Tries Google
Internet Search Yields Names Cited in U.N. Draft Resolution
By Dafna Linzer
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, December 11, 2006; Page A01
When the State Department recently asked the CIA for names of Iranians who could be sanctioned for their involvement in a clandestine nuclear weapons program, the agency refused, citing a large workload and a desire to protect its sources and tradecraft.
Frustrated, the State Department assigned a junior Foreign Service officer to find the names another way -- by using Google. Those with the most hits under search terms such as "Iran and nuclear," three officials said, became targets for international rebuke Friday when a sanctions resolution circulated at the United Nations.
- http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/10/AR2006121000959.html