Who was the U.N.Inspector compromised??

Wolfowitz speech transcript | 1-23-03 | Dog

[Dog]

In the 1990s, there were reports that Iraqi intelligence recruited U.N. inspectors as informants, and that Iraqi scientists were fearful about being interviewed. Recent reports that Iraq continues these kinds of efforts are a clear sign that it is not serious about disarmament.

Today, we also anticipate that Iraq is likely to target U.N. and IAEA computer systems through cyber intrusions to steal inspections, methods, criteria, and findings. We know that Iraq certainly has the capability to do so. According to Khidhir Hamza's book, Saddam's Bombmaker, Iraq's Babylon Software Company was developing cyber warfare capabilities on behalf of the Iraqi Intelligence Service as early as the 1990s. Some people assigned to Babylon were segregated into a "highly compartmented unit" and tasked with breaking into foreign computers in order to download sensitive data. Some of the programmers reported that they had accumulated sufficient expertise to break into moderately protected computer systems, such as those used by the inspectors.

Intimidation and Coercion: In the past, Iraq did not hesitate to use pressure tactics to obtain information about the inspectors. Often the pressure was quite crude. During the UNSCOM period, one inspector was reportedly filmed in a compromising situation and blackmailed.

[Dog]

Freeper copycat found this in the Wolfowitz speech today and I thought it needed its own thread.

Admin Moderator pull this out of breaking news if you feel it doesn't belong..

[Dog]

Over here...

[The Great Satan]

Hmmm, who could it be? Who could it be?

[finnman69]

"thank heaven for 14 and 16 year old girls"

[jriemer]

Hmmm, who could it be? Who could it be?

SATAN?

Apologies to the Church Lady

jriemer

[McGruff]

Please God, let it be him.

[The Great Satan]

[Mo1]

During the UNSCOM period, one inspector was reportedly filmed in a compromising situation and blackmailed.

Oh I could take a guess

[r9etb]

Hmmm, who could it be? Who could it be?

Well, aside from the obvious guess, I'd say there were probably several of them. You just know that Iraqi intelligence had female (or even male) agents trying to crawl into every inspector's bed.

[per loin]

Can you give us a link to the complete speech?

[MHGinTN]

I wonder, did the Iraqis discover his 'weakness', then compromise him, then pay him $400,000 for his support? Didn't the Soviets raise this practice to an art? Are the Iraqis friends with the Russians?

[Wordsmith]

Oh, it's breaking news alright. Interesting though. How do we know Iraq was blackmailing an inspector (most likely Ritter, of course)? How long have we known? Did Iraq know that we knew? Was Ritter allowed to proceed by the WH because they wanted Saddam to believe his plan to sow dissent against the war was working? If so, what does that say about Ritter now being compromised? That we don't care anymore if Iraq knows that we know? Why don't we care anymore? Because the war is imminent?

Better than Clancy.

[Dog]

You trying to be funny..???

Look at little further down in breaking news..

[AmericanInTokyo]

I heard the Wolfowitz speech LIVE today.

When he said "Back in the 1990s, a UN inspector was compromised and blackmailed by Iraq", all I could here in my mind for three solid minutes was:

"Ritter. Ritter. Ritter. Ritter. Ritter. Ritter. Ritter. Ritter. Ritter."

How many times have we Freepers said on here, what with Scott Ritter's vitriol, that the only way a sane person could act this way were if he or she were being blackmailed or threatened.

[Adam-ondi-Ahman]

[The Great Satan]

Wolfowitz Comments before Council on Foreign Relations

[Cyber Liberty]

Good question, Dawg.

Admin Mod: I vote this stays in BN.

[Dog]

Thanks..

[babble-on]

someone set him up the bomb!