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Old 18th Dec 2011, 23:37
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latest claims from Iran
Fars News Agency :: Report: CIA Hacked by Iran
Important to note they are quoting a Russian news agency, reporting Israeli comments from a supposed off-the record USA source. So believe what you will

"As RT reported yesterday, overseas officials speaking on condition of anonymity say that they were able to crack the computers of the drone to hijack the craft and lead it to a safe landing after it caught the drone creeping over from a mission in Afghanistan. Now military sources speaking to Israel-based news outlet Debka insist that Iranian forces made their way into the drone commander centers at CIA headquarters outside of Washington in Langley, Virginia. Debka has close connections with the Israel intelligence community and in the past has been known for correctly reporting on issues of importance to the American intelligence community before US outlets, Russia Today said......

"The Israel-based outlet adds that in addition to hacking the GPS network of the craft, as Iranian engineers admitted earlier this week, the command center in Langley must have been infiltrated as to keep those controlling the robotic plane from noticing that the craft had been guided onto an enemy base. Had the CIA been aware of the hacking of the GPS network only, adds Debka, they would have surely triggered the craft's self-destruct mechanism, rendering any wreckage unmanageable for Iranian authorities recovering the debris. ,....

"Debka's analysis of the drone capture also raises a last point worth bringing up - with the Sentinel's mission over Iran being the first such flight there for the craft, whoever intercepted it was well aware of the precise day and hour of the mission. With Washington doubting their technology out of Tehran, going as far as to call it an "ox-cart culture" in recent weeks, the possibility that the attack was infiltrated from within the United States or with the cooperation of American officials seems more than likely now..... "
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