Reply #228: Third of Monday's 'Progress Report' (18July) dedicated to Khan link

[krkaufman]

See it here (Another National Security Leak That Deserves Investigation), under the NATIONAL SECURITY section.

Another National Security Leak That Deserves Investigation

... When pressed to explain why the threat level was raised, U.S. officials revealed that the intelligence had been garnered from an al Qaeda agent named Mohammed Naeem Noor Khan. "U.S. officials told reporters that someone held secretly by Pakistan was the source of the bulk of the information justifying the alert. The New York Times obtained Khan's name independently, and U.S. officials confirmed it when it appeared in the paper the next morning." These leaks revealed that an al Qaeda agent, who had been apprehended one month earlier, had been cooperating with British intelligence officials to help authorities track down al Qaeda militants in Britain. The disclosure of the mole's identity caused British officials to move in and arrest suspects before they were ready; other militants are believed to have gotten away and still others who may have been subsequently detected went underground. The leak of Khan's identity has drawn renewed attention in the wake of the London terror bombings as concerns have been raised that the leak may have foiled attempts to disrupt those attacks.