A continuing meme seems to be that there is a hell of a lot of criminal investigations that involve Republicans recently. One more to add to the list is Aragoncillo. Per this article, it is unclear as to how the information was acquired, or to be fair, if this even involves the Vice President, directly, or if Big Dick is being investigated just due to sloppy security practices at the White House.
Chicago Tribune | FBI Examines Computers in Cheney's Office
FBI agents examined computers in Vice President Dick Cheney's office and talked to former and current White House aides Thursday as they investigated an FBI intelligence analyst accused of passing classified information to Filipino officials.Aragoncillo, a U.S. citizen originally from the Philippines, was charged last month with providing classified information from his FBI posting at Fort Monmouth, N.J., to former and current Philippine officials who oppose President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Philippine Justice Secretary Raul Gonzales said the criminal complaint against Aragoncillo suggests the information could have been intended to destabilize the Philippine government.
Aragoncillo was hired to work at Fort Monmouth in July 2004 and began sending classified information and documents in January, often via e-mail, according to an FBI complaint made public last month. The documents' contents have not been made public.
From May to Aug. 15 of this year, he printed or downloaded 101 classified documents relating to the Philippines, of which 37 were classified “secret,” according to the criminal complaint.
He sent some of the material to Aquino, the complaint said.
Tags: crime
I thinx the Clintonistas are concerned about this. After all, Leandro came to work in Gore's office and was working for Erap. Erap visited Clinton's Whitehouse and known Erap crony Mark Jimenez had lots of Whitehouse access in the late '90s.
The same Mark Jimenez who is just finishing a jail sentence for campaign finance violations that benefitted Democrats.
Interesting, I've heard a couple of variants of the time line, and the timeline of the 'missing papers'.