For
those of you that follow the news daily, you may have heard
of the, alleged, Wen
Ho Lee spy scandal, which involves a Taiwan-born naturalized
U.S. citizen that worked for the weapons section of the Los
Alamos Nuclear Laboratories in New Mexico. He is accused of
spying for the government of China. The main charge against
him is the fact that he had, against regulations, downloaded
a lot of classified information to his personal (unsecure)
computer. A 60
Minutes feature on the issue raised a lot of doublts about
the case against him and said that high government officials
had themselved illegally downloaded classified material to
their personal or home computers. In fact, said 60 Minutes,
the former head of the CIA, John Deutch, had been reprimanded
for doing the same as Wen Ho Lee, that is downloading reams
of classified documents to his personal computer at home.
So while Wen Ho Lee was being charged for this offense, is
facing years in prison and has had a 1 million bail bond placed
on his head, John Deutch got a mild pat on the wrist asking
him please to not do it again.
Well some groups are making a stink about this calling it
a double standard and putting pressure on Congress.
When a bit of the fabric of hypocrisy that envelopes Washington
DC gets unraveled, congressmen do what they always do in such
situations - they huff and puff and preen - and of course
hold hearings, so that the rest of the nation can see what
important work they are doing keeping us safe. (Don't worry
I am getting to the Mac connection)
So Mr Deutch has been the subject of Senate hearings and
they have been prying a little deeper into the "Deutsch
Affair". And apparently, according to a Time
Magazine report, Mr Deutsch, former head of the CIA was
illegally downloading all those classified documents to his
family's Macintosh computer! (Which type of Mac was not specified,
but we think that on his salary he could afford the best).
The article goes on to say that not only did he have classified
documents on his computer but that he used the same computer
for personal email, receiving a note from a former Russian
citizen living in Western Europe and that Deutch family members
also surfed the Web on it, one visiting porn sites (bet that
got the kid grounded).
The conclusion: The former head of the CIA certainly
knows quality computers, and expect enough huffing and puffing
on Capitol Hill to lower the heating bill for about a week
or so.
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For
those of you that follow the news daily, you may have heard
of the, alleged, 
