By Wayne Madsen
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WMR has learned from U.S. intelligence sources that the FBI is continuing to investigate an “agency” official for leaking details of STELLAR WIND to the media. Although it is believed the agency in question is the National Security Agency (NSA), we have learned that there is also slight possibility that the agency individual in question may work at the Central Intelligence Agency. The leak occurred during the Bush administration and the investigation began while Alberto Gonzales and Michael Mukasey were attorneys general but is continuing under Obama’s attorney general, Holder.
STELLAR WIND was billed by the Justice Department as the “Terrorist Surveillance Program,” but, in fact, was not targeting terrorists but journalists, government and contractor whistleblowers and politicians of both major parties, as well as independents. All information pertaining to STELLAR WIND was Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) and documents were marked: “White House Office-Controlled Document.” Under Obama, the program continues to exist with the only difference being that STELLAR WIND now has a different Top Secret code name since STELLAR WIND was compromised to the media.
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