United States vs. Manning

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The State Department is working closely with the U.S. Army Criminal Investigative Division, or CID, to determine the facts in this case. The investigation is in its preliminary stages.

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But we [State Department] are obviously cooperating to, among other things, assess the impact of these disclosures.

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But I'm not aware that we've had any particular contact with this organization [WikiLeaks]. Now, perhaps other agencies of government have.

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We [State Department] are not the lead agency in this. We're supporting the investigation.

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It has particular impact in terms of potentially revealing what we call sources of methods compromising our ability to provide government leaders with the kind of analysis that they need to make informed decisions.

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Our operations in Iraq are interagency.

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Regarding how many people have seen these cables: 'All I will tell you is that we do share our analysis. In some cases, they might have gone to large agencies; in one case, to individuals. But in a way, that may go to the question of when we judge the potential impact, as Arshad. And another issue here is not only they were allegedly passed to an entity that is not authorized to have this information, but what the impact of this will be, we'll evaluate over time.'

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Phillip J. Crowley is not aware of prior public disclosures of content of State Department Cables.

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And finally, several of you are following reports of the disclosure of classified State Department materials as part of this investigation in Iraq. The State Department is working closely with the U.S. Army Criminal Investigative Division, or CID, to determine the facts in this case. The investigation is in its preliminary stages, as you would expect, but we take the reports of the deliberate, unauthorized disclosure of classified State Department cables and materials very seriously. And the security of these materials is our highest priority.

QUESTION: On that point?

MR. CROWLEY: Mm-hmm.

QUESTION: Yeah, go ahead.

QUESTION: Were these documents taken from a U.S. Embassy, or what was the State Department complete role in this sort of connection?

MR. CROWLEY: Actually, as I understand it, they were simply our cables. And if we do reporting, we do that reporting across the interagency, including to other departments of the government, so for but they were basically our cables. But we are obviously cooperating to, among other things, assess the impact of these disclosures.

QUESTION: So as far as you know, this is, in a sense, a secondary leak from your point of view? It's not that these were somehow leached out of the State Department itself, but rather they were transmitted to another agency and this individual may have had access to them as a result of that transfer?

MR. CROWLEY: Correct.

QUESTION: And one other thing on this: To your knowledge, have any of those cables yet been made public? Because, to my knowledge, they have not been put out by WikiLeaks or anybody else.

MR. CROWLEY: I can't say. But I think that obviously, that is something that we will be watching carefully.

QUESTION: You're not aware of their public disclosure? I presume that you would have --

MR. CROWLEY: I'm not aware. No.

QUESTION: And are you seeking to prevent their public disclosure?

MR. CROWLEY: I'm not sure that we've had any direct contact with the organization that's involved in this. Clearly, classified information, any time it is released in the public domain, can have a potential negative impact on our security. But I'm not aware that we've had any particular contact with this organization. Now, perhaps other agencies of government have.

QUESTION: P.J., just one more on that. There is also, although it's a little unclear, a reference to a previous leak of 260,000 dispatches. Can you set us straight exactly what that is? A previous leak.

MR. CROWLEY: I can't.

QUESTION: Did you mention the number of cables that were issued?

MR. CROWLEY: I didn't, but Jill did. (Laughter.)

QUESTION: So they --

MR. CROWLEY: I don't I mean, I think we are learning, and we are not the lead agency in this. We're supporting the investigation. These are all issues that will be investigated fully as we go forward. But this is these are classified documents. We take their release seriously. It has the it has particular impact in terms of potentially revealing what we call sources of methods compromising our ability to provide government leaders with the kind of analysis that they need to make informed decisions. So this is a serious issue and we are fully cooperating with the other agencies of government.

QUESTION: Can you say what period of time these --

MR. CROWLEY: Yeah. I think for particulars as to what this individual might have done and I would probably defer to the Pentagon.

QUESTION: When is --

QUESTION: They're your cables?

MR. CROWLEY: They're our cables. They but the individual involved works for a different agency and was working within his classified networks. But when we do as you would expect, when we do analysis, we share that with other agencies other government that have a direct interest in these particular issues. Our operations in Iraq are interagency, so but the fact that they're our cables, but they are cables that we have shared broadly so that everybody is fully informed about the analysis that we've done that on the issues that are the subject of those cables.

QUESTION: I'm just trying to get some sense of whether you're talking about an isolated case in which cables coming in one subject were --

MR. CROWLEY: Again --

QUESTION: -- compromised over a long period of time?

MR. CROWLEY: -- I'm not going to be the source of information on this investigation.

QUESTION: When was the State Department informed?

MR. CROWLEY: Wait. Hold on, one at a time.

QUESTION: When was the State Department informed that these cables were potentially out there?

MR. CROWLEY: Well, as I understand it, this person was detained in the last couple of weeks, so I assume that's when we first learned of it.

QUESTION: So you don't know what the State --

QUESTION: So you don't know --

MR. CROWLEY: I mean, I will find out if that's important to you, when we were first informed.

QUESTION: I understand that these cables are very restricted, only a small number of people can see those cables. Is that true?

MR. CROWLEY: I haven't looked at the cables that are that were downloaded here. All I will tell you is that we do share our analysis. In some cases, they might have gone to large agencies; in one case, to individuals. But in a way, that may go to the question of when we judge the potential impact, as Arshad. And another issue here is not only they were allegedly passed to an entity that is not authorized to have this information, but what the impact of this will be, we'll evaluate over time.
  Name(s:) Phillip J. Crowley
  Title: Assistant Secretary
  Agency(ies): Public Affairs, Department of State
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Title:
Daily Press Briefing, Washington, DC, June 7, 2010
Author: Phillip J. Crowley
Title: Assistant Secretary
Authoring or Creator Agency: Public Affairs, Department of State
 
 
Title:
State Department Daily Briefing, June 7, 2010
Author: Philip J. Crowley
Title: Assistant Secretary of State
Authoring or Creator Agency: Public Affairs, Department of State
 
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