Saturday, February 11, 2012

Iran May Have Sensitive Data From Downed CIA Drone



CIA Fears Drone Downed In Iran Failed To Dump Sensitive Data -- New York Post

WASHINGTON -- A CIA investigation failed to discover what caused a US drone to come down in Iran late last year and raised fears it failed to dump sensitive data, FOX News Channel reported Friday.

A former intelligence official confirmed to FOX News that the CIA's comprehensive, 10-week review was unable to replicate the malfunction that brought down the RQ-170 Sentinel drone in Iran.

Contact was lost with the drone and its operators Nov. 29.

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Update: US data in Iranian hands after downed drone? -- FOX News

My Comment: Talk about intelligence failures .... and what is worse .... the CIA does not even have a clue on what data the Iranians have. My guess is that the American intelligence community is making the assumption that the Iranians now know everything.

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