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[The guy is a long-time spook - CIA, DIA, etc. - most recently at
the hastily-assembled (after 9/11) "National Counter Terrorism
Center," and another indication of how little the permanent
government changes. It's amazing that there are still people who
believe that the current administration represents any change.
Here's Obama's man to prevent any changes coming from the Wikileaks
revelations.]<br>
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<b> Obama names point man on WikiLeaks</b><br>
Thu Dec 2, 2010 2:46AM<br>
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<i>US president has appointed an anti-terrorism expert to prevent
WikiLeaks from releasing more documents which could further damage
the administration's reputation.<br>
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Amid the continuing uproar over the latest batch of classified
information disclosed on WikiLeaks website, there are signs that
indicate President Barack Obama's administration was seriously stung
by the move and is taking substantive steps to avoid a repeat. <br>
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Obama on Wednesday appointed Russell Travers to lead US efforts to
diminish further damage through preventing WikiLeaks' future illegal
data disclosures, a White House statement said. <br>
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Travers is the senior adviser for information access and security
policy at the National Counterrorism Center. <br>
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He will lead the campaign to ensure that no more secret documents
land up on the WikiLeaks website.<br>
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He will also work with agencies on options for technological and
policy changes to limit the potential for another breach, AFP
reported. <br>
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Washington has been very concerned ever since the whistleblower
website started releasing classified documents of US soldiers
activities in Iraq and Afghanistan and especially last weekend when
it began publicly disclosing some 250,000 secret diplomatic cables,
many of which revealed embarrassing assessments of foreign leaders.
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