2. Cybersabotage
Sophisticated computer viruses have been wreaking havoc with Iran’s nuclear
program. Flame came from American-Israeli collaboration, sources like a
“former high-ranking U.S. intelligence official” told The Washington Post. This
followed a similar revelation about the Stuxnet virus in the June 1 edition of
The New York Times.

3. Aid to Syrian Rebels
A June 21 New York Times headline reads, “CIA said to aid in steering
arms to Syrian opposition.” The article, quoting Arab and American
officials, detailed CIA efforts to gather intelligence on Syrian opposition
groups and keep weapons headed for Syrian rebel fighters out of terrorists’
hands. The revelations, however, likely complicated both tasks by
compromising sources as well as U.S. intelligence officials.

4. Obama’s Drone ‘Kill List’
In May, The New York Times, quoting officials present in meetings with
President Obama and his inner circle, revealed that Obama approved
every name on the secret terrorist “kill list.” Newsweek also published an
excerpt from Daniel Klaidman’s new book, “Kill or Capture: The War on
Terror and the Soul of the Obama Presidency,” which discussed, among
other details, how Obama, Gen. James Cartwright and counterterrorism
adviser John Brennan collaborated on approved targets.

5. The British Mole
In May, the CIA announced it had foiled a new underwear bombing plot
directed at U.S. airlines and conceived by al Qaeda in the Arabian
Peninsula. The good news quickly turned into a PR fiasco, however, after
The AP reported that the bomber wasn’t captured, but was, rather, a
mole recruited by British intelligence. Not surprisingly, the British were
unhappy that their asset was revealed. Blame for the leak was pinned on
the Obama administration.

6. The Pakistani Doctor
Shakil Afridi, a Pakistani doctor, agreed to work with the CIA on a
vaccine drive in Abbottabad as part of a plot to obtain DNA from Osama
Bin Laden’s family. For his efforts, Afridi was rewarded with having the
plot and his identity published in The Guardian as well as being
sentenced to 33 years in a Pakistani prison. Rep. Peter King, R-
N.Y., blamed the Obama administration for the leak, though officials
insist the Pakistanis spilled the beans.

7. www.aei.org