[Peace-discuss] Obama's Ministry of Information

[C. G. Estabrook]

[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.]

*Obama names point man on WikiLeaks*
     Thu Dec 2, 2010 2:46AM

/US president has appointed an anti-terrorism expert to prevent WikiLeaks from 
releasing more documents which could further damage the administration's reputation.
/
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.

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.

Travers is the senior adviser for information access and security policy at the 
National Counterrorism Center.

He will lead the campaign to ensure that no more secret documents land up on the 
WikiLeaks website.

He will also work with agencies on options for technological and policy changes 
to limit the potential for another breach, AFP reported.

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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