The Obama administrations nominee for a senior legal position at the Pentagon is one of the congressional staffers accused by Republicans and intelligence officials of stealing classified documents from the Central Intelligence Agency, Fox News has learned -- and the controversy could imperil her shot at a major career promotion. Sources on Capitol Hill and in the intelligence community say Alissa Starzak, a majority staffer on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) who has been nominated for the position of general counsel to the U.S. Army, is one of two SSCI employees accused by the panels Republicans, and by career intelligence officers, of having stolen the so-called Panetta Review: a classified study of the agencys treatment of detainees prepared by former CIA Director Leon Panetta. foxnews/politics/2014/12/24/obamas-nominee-for-pentagon-post-implicated-in-alleged-theft-cia-documents/
Posted on: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 19:39:32 +0000
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