Thursday, June 27, 2013

General Leaker?

The Washington Post says tonight that retired General James E. Cartwright is likely to be indicted for leaking to The New York Times the existence of the American-Israeli Stuxnet computer attack on Iran's nuclear program in 2010. Reading, barely, between the lines, Cartwright's motive was that President Obama passed him over for Chairman of the Joint Chief's of Staff. A career grudge was Mark Felt's motive for leaking Watergate to the Post. Cartwright retired in 2011. I liked Stuxnet. I don't like PRISM. Did leaking Stuxnet damage national security? I don't know. Did leaking PRISM damage national security? No.