Is there a person of Filippino descent who is involved in espionage?

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Just told a moderate Republican about the indictments that may be coming down the pike. He was shocked because he didn't know anything about it, but he blurted out, "oh yeah, there was a filippino who was a holdover from Al Gore and the Bush Administration kept him on and he got Cheney in trouble with espionage. But he was Al Gore's guy first!"

Anybody have any idea who he's talking about?

[Pirate Smile]

1. It was on ABC News tonight. Here it is:

Espionage Case Breaches the White House

Oct. 5, 2005 — Both the FBI and CIA are calling it the first case of espionage in the White House in modern history.

Officials tell ABC News the alleged spy worked undetected at the White House for almost three years. Leandro Aragoncillo, 46, was a U.S. Marine most recently assigned to the staff of Vice President Dick Cheney.

"I don't know of a case where the vetting broke down before and resulted in a spy being in the White House," said Richard Clarke, a former White House advisor who is now an ABC News consultant.

Federal investigators say Aragoncillo, a naturalized citizen from the Philippines, used his top secret clearance to steal classified intelligence documents from White House computers.

http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=1187030&page=1

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6. Wow. I can't believe I missed this one.

Sounds big, though it's low tech espionage if all he did was use e-mail.

You do realize that all anybody is hearing is that this guy worked for Al Gore, right?

What did this guy do for Al Gore, exactly? Just put stamps on the envelopes?

[punpirate]

2. Didn't know Scooter Libby was...

... Filippino. He doesn't look it. :)

[Wilms]

3. There are @5 threads about it. Now 6. n/t

[CottonBear]

4. See this LBN post:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1829810

We think it'a a Rovian distraction from the coming Plame-related indictments and the DeLay indictments. BTW, the alleged spy is a naturalized American and a (former?) Marine acording to the report.

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7. What has Al Gore said about it?

[CottonBear]

10. The "alleged spy" apparently worked for VP Gore's office

therefore the spy is Gore's fault.

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11. Don't laugh. That's exactly how they're painting it.

[CottonBear]

12. Believe me, I'm not laughing. n/t

[babylonsister]

5. Here's a thread for you:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=4981711

[Democrats_win]

8. Not a big deal. Israel's been spying for 30 years now.

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9. We should have known. If you can't have sex in the oval office without

the world knowing about it, why should anything else be sacred?