A Marine (naturalized citizen of the Philipines) stole 100 classified documents from FBI computers. There is no telling what he took or who sold the information too. This is bad.
Top Secret information is information that if compromized could cause grave damage to National Security.
This is a wake up call to the entire intelligence community particularly in the area of determining personnel security. There is perhaps no government employee as trusted as a Marine. I suspect that this single act will make it more difficult for naturalized citizens of other countries to advance in high ranking government posistions for fear of allegiance to the same.
And you know what this means… no President Arnold Schwarznegger :(..
As for Mr. Aragoncillo, they will throw the book at him. Call me crazy but this seems like the wrong administration to mess around with. The Bush administration might start saying that the Philipines has WMD's.
Aragoncillo, a naturalized citizen from the Philippines and US marine, used his top secret clearance to steal classified intelligence documents from White House computers. Both the FBI and CIA are calling it the first case of espionage in the White House in modern history.
In 2000, Aragoncillo worked on the staff of then-Vice President Al Gore. When interviewed by Philippine television, he remarked how valued Philippine employees were at the White House.
“I think what they like most is our integrity and loyalty,” Aragoncillo said.
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