This story is still breaking. I could well be wrong, but it seems like just the right kindling for a political firestorn. The FBI and CIA admit this as what amounts to the first case of spying in the White House in modern history.Leandro Aragoncillo, the purported spy, worked at the White House for three years, most recently on Vice President Dick Cheney's staff. He apparently worked for Al Gore for s time, as well. Investigators say Aragoncillo, a naturalized citizen from the Philippines, used his top secret clearance to steal classified intelligence documents from White House computers.
The story seems to have some legs and legitimacy...it's coming from ABC News. Maybe this news will fade away. However, with the White House's plummeting polling numbers, a general sense of bumbling, Hurricane Katrina fallout, war problems, and fuel cost issues, not to mention churning over Harriet Miers's nomination as Associate Justice, this news seems more likely to grow in importance than just fade away. . .
The New York Times has the story buried on page 30 this morning. Last night, The Drudge Report had it as the headline; this morning. . .nary a mention. It will be interesting to see where the story goes from here.
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