Tuesday, September 3, 2013

One in Five Applying for Jobs in U.S. Intelligence Agencies has ties to al-Qaeda, Hamas, Hezbollah

Snowden Document Shows One In Five Individuals Applying For Jobs In U.S. Intelligence Agencies Had Ties To Al-Qaeda, Hamas, Hezbollah…



An estimated one-fifth of a subset of all applicants for Central Intelligence Agency positions had significant ties to the terror groups HamasHezbollah and al Qaeda, a newly released document from NSA leaker Edward Snowden’s collection revealed Monday.
The document — released by Mr. Snowden as part of his National Security Agency intelligence dump — said the terrorist groups worked hard to infiltrate America’s top security agencies. CIA officials uncovered thousands of applicants, roughly one in five of a subset, with “significant terrorist and/or hostile intelligence connections,” the document states, as Ynet News reported. Read more via The Washington Times...