UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Department of State Case No. F-2013-14257 Doc No. C05733093 Date: 03/19/2015 ... ·-· !RELEASED IN FULLJ From: ·Se.t)t: To: .Subject: H Saturi:lay,_April.2.3, 2911 3:.52 PM Abedio,. Hurna Re: McCain 'Update: - Original Message-·-·· from;.Abedin, Huma JmaiitoiAbeiiinH@state.gov1 .Sent: Saturday, Aprll 23, 201i 03~27 PM . . · tc>:H ·Subject;: Fw: Mc;Caiil up~ate .,.,...,... Ortg~nal Mess~g~,-::-­ Fi"om.:.oavis, Timmy r Sent: Saturday, AP.iii i-3~:'2011.-0.S:tti PM To: Sµl!ivan, Jac9pJ;._AbeCl.in~Hu.m~; W~l)s~ Ailc~.·6; 5~$p~fi~IAssist~Jt~ ~~~M~•• . . . H>reign.MinisterAlaraby: ~ M~tciin Cliscµ$.$~4 his.vl~ltto l,iQ'fcl, empli:asi#flg·i_~·appe·ar~~ a·s:taletn.ate Was em~;rging. MtCainsupportecrthe. deciSion to send In predator¥-biles and would iike NAl'.O to p.rovl.de equipment, as weil ~straining-. to ttle.tebtH fortes. McCain characterizecltti~ TNC:as",gdod peo~le:' b'utsai(Uts military was·f~r le$s impres51ve, I ·· Regarding the:pO$Sibilltvof ~gyptincrei!sing:C)i~ t9·the fN<;,,.Alarap1,.-sai~ '.Egypt Wa$ ;,elu¢tant to pr?vide ~dditional support.out of cohcem for the_estimated 1 million Eg~~tian oatibnals ·Uving in ubya. Alaraby :reiterated Egypt i~ in hQ ·rt!sh to re~tor:e c(iplomatic relat!.onsWith Jrah •. .Alaraby·said Egypt wi.ihbide by .all agreement$_m;ade with lsraet He encouraged the United States·to suppOrt;'or at .lea.st not oppose, recognition of Palesti~ian statehoo;d ·in the uN, · · .McCain said the USG had discussed·a.modest assiStance package.for Egypt; .but Warned it was probably more modest than Egypt w!shed given the .current ecoo~mic· climate. McCain pl;:inned to organize a.group of businessmen to visit Egypt and enc-ouraged Alaraby to create a more pr?•businessenvironment. Defense !y'linister, Field Marshall Tantawi: The meeting focli$ed on Libya and strategies to iricrease u:.S, and Egyptian assistance; The discussion was not as in depth as McCain;s meeting with the FM. Tantawi echoed Alaraby's concern about Egyptian nationals in Libya and request for increased U.S. assistance. REVIEW AUTHORITY: Charles Lahiguera, Senior Reviewer UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Department of State Case_ No. F-2013-14257 Doc No. C05733093 Date: 03/19/2015 UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Department of State Case No. F-2013-14257 Doc No. C05733094 Date: 03/19/2015 Fromz Sent: TQ: Subject; H Subj~ti:'CNN . [RELEASED IN FULL\ Loose lips and the Obama national security ship PoStecf-at 1:09 prnby: By C~ N's Adam Lev.int? REVIEW AUTHORITY: Charles Lahiguera, Senior Reviewer By Adam Levine;_ with reporting from Partr Benson and AM ,Colwell Th~ level ofqetail. spiili11g out thH,>Ugh, aje9la reporcy aqgi;it trt,Jda,I na~io!iil!. security operations is· raising the qt.lest ion (>f whether President SarackObama's administration can ~eep a secref"-' or in some cases even wants to. In ju~.the past week, two ~ell-an articles about9bt1rna's tea.der$hip -as cbrnrna11der-cin-c:hieftiave been published, dripping with 'insider details about his·sleeveHolied~Up'involvement in choosihg terrorist. ta~gets for£$;ftq:fi~is1:rike~ a(ld · r:evelatiorisabouthis arnped~up cyberwar c>.111ran. Each,artiele notes the reporters spoke to "currentandfc;rmer'~ Amerigm .officials an.d preslderitlal advisersi as w,ell as sources from other countries. · · "This is unbelievable .•• absolutely stunning,'' a former senior inte!Hgence·o'ffiaial saic:J abpi.itthe level of det;;iil contciihed in the cyberattatk story. The official noted th;;ttthe:article cited participcints in sensjtive White House meeting$ who then tolg the reporter about top secret discussions. The artide "talks about President Obamagiving direction for a cyberweapons attack·during·a time of peace against a United. Nations member state." · The article follows on the heels.of what many consider~d dangerous leaking ofdeta ifs about a mole. who hetped foil a plot by al Qaeda in Yemen. The revelations of the Britis~ national threatened what was .described at the time as. an ongoing operation. ''The leak re~lly did endanger sources and methods,'' Se,h. Dianne Feinstein, o..:california and chair of the Intelligence Committee, told Fox News. The Yemen plot had many intelligence.and national security officials flummoxed and angered by its pubiic: airing. Despite that, a senior administration official then briefed network counterterrorism analysts, including CNN's Frances Townsend, about parts of the operation. 1 UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Department of State Case No. F-2013-14257 Doc No. C05733094 Date: 03/19/2015 UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Department of State Case No. F-2013-14257 Doc No. C05733094 Date: 03/19/2015 But such briefings are an "obligation" for the administration once a story Jike the Yemen plot is publicized, insisted National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor. "The reason that we brief former counterterrorism officials is because they are extremely conscientious about working with us about. what can and cannot be said or disclosed," Vietor told Security Clearance. "They understand that there is an obligation for the U.S. to be transparent with American people about potential threats but will work with us to protect operational equities because they've walked in our shoes." SubSequently, the intelligence committee Initiated a review of its agencies to assess the leak. The FBI launched an investigation as well. ~ Perhaps the highest profile intelligence coupe for the administration, the killing of Osama bin laden, was followed almost immediately by criticism of how much detail was leaking out. Then-Secretary of Defense Robert Gates complained that after officials agreed in the Situation Room not to reveal operational details, it was mere hours before that agreement was broken. "The leaks that followed the successful bin Laden mission led to the arrest of Pakistanis and put in danger the mission's heroes and their families," Rep. Peter King, R-New York~ said in an interview on CNN's "Erin Burnett OutFront." Questions were raised about why details of documents and other articles that were seized during the raid were discussed even before the intelligence community had time to review what they were holding. Leon Panetta, who at the time was the director of the CIA and is now the defense secretary, penned a letter to CIA staff warning against loose lips. In the letter, obtained by CNN, Panetta wrote that the qperation, "led to an unprecedented amount of very sensitive in fact, classified - information making its way into the press." ' "Disclosure of classified information to anyone not cleated for it - reporters, friends, colleagues in the private sector or other agencies, former agency officers - does tremendous damage to our work. At worst, leaks endanger lives," the letter said. In the latest case, the White House denied it was orchestrating the leak. Asked Friday if the Times' story detailing the cyberattack on Iran was an "authorized leak," White House spokesman Josh Earnest disagreed "in the strongest possible terms." "That Information is classified for a reason. Publicizing it would pose a threat to our national security," Earnest told reporters. But the White House has tried to be more open about what have been secretive programs. The president himself became the first administration official to acknowledge U.S. drones were conducting attacks in Pakistan when he made a comment to a supporter in an online chat, even though officials through al~ the years of the program had never said publidy they were being conducted. I Then, In Aprit, the president's assistant for homeland security and ~ounterterrorism, John Brennan, publicly blew the cover off the drone program, saying in a speech that "yes, in full accordance with the law - and in order to prevent terrorist attacks on the United States and to save Ameri(:an lives - the United States government conducts targeted strikes against specific al Qaeda terrorists, sometimes ~ing remotely piloted aircraft, often referred to publidy as drones." But that speech, Vietor told CNN's Security Clearance last month, was carefully considered for how revealing it could be. 2 UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Department of State Case No. F-2013-14257 Doc No. C05733094 Date: 03/19/2015 Uf\fCLASSIFIED U.S. Department of State Case No. F-2013-14257 Doc No. C05733094 Date: 03/19/2015 "I'm not going to get into internal deliberations, but as a general matter we obviously push to be as transparent as we can while being mindful of our national security equities," Vietor said. 3 UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Department of State Case No. F-2013-14257 Doc No. C05733094 Date: 03/19/2015 - UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Department of State Case No. F-2013-14257 Doc No. C05733095 Date: 03/19/2015 --[RELEASED IN FULLJ From: H Sent: Saturday, Mciy 14, 2011 t:$(:lPM· Abedin, Huma Re: Paki~ahi lawma_~ers $lam US after private session. with military leaders To: Subject: 9an you pis caO me at home? From: Abedjn; Huma unailto:AbedinH®stat:e;gov] sent: Sqtl!tcfaY; May-14,.;2011.11:42 AM ToiH .Subject:: Fw: Pakistani lawmakers.slam US after privi!Jt:e·session with rriilitar:y le(lders From; OpsNewsTlcker Sent: Saturday; May14, ion 10:!:>8 AM To: NE\Vs-,Ma_hQ9any Cc~ SES-O.....os; SES-0.:..:SWO Subject:::Paki$tani lawmakers slam us after private-ses5ion wi):h milifutfl~9ef"$ . . . I . • . ISLAMABAD-{1\P) _ Pakistan's Parliament has pass~d aresoluti<;m slarnµijpg the l)nited_ States for the .raid thatkilled al-Qaid~chiefOsam~ bin Laden, caliing)t an attack on Pakistan1s sovereignty, • . Th~ res.o.lutiptui!so cnti¢izeSo 1J.S. missile, stri](es in Pakistan's tribal areas.. It ;~ys the government should consider barringl.fS . ancl NATO supply trucks fromusmglartdroutes in Pakistan iftlu~1:ar1>il¢''.att:ackS continue. Atthe same· ti.me> l~wm~ers are cijling. for an independent corn:rriissic>rt to investigate the.bin.Lad~11 taid. Pakistan's:primemini,stq·has smd the mil,itary wpul4 lead_Ule probe~ but oppositi9n l~dets 'say tb;lt's.·not good enough. . ·. · · · The resolution.foliowed a rare, private sessfon With top military officials that began yesterday ani;l ran pas~ midnight Durin.g the ~~ssion, .Paids~'s intelligence chiefin From: $ent: Stinday, S~pt~mbert8, 201:1 ~:44 AM Abedin,. Huma To: Re; Pakistan trc)ops battle rallban fbr US·di'(>ne d~fiS: (AP) ~ubj~ct: No-sor;yr Afso, pis Jet. me koow ifyo1f~9.ta reply from mv ipa.d.~ I'm not sure:replies g<:>thru. F~.: AbeQl!l, Hum~ [m~11to:Abedi11H@>st'.at9"gOv] Sent! Sunday; September 18, 2011; 0~:37 -AM TorH Subject: Re:. PakiStan ttoops batfleTanban for UStdron~deblis (AP} .. • .. •• ..:!• . . From: Hrmanto:iioR22@diritonemau.com] ·.· sent: Sunday.; september ·1a, "2011 '09.:28 AM to:· · . . Abedin ' .. , Huma . .. Stibje.ct: Re: ~~istan. troops. battle, TaUban ror lJS'dtoob;.deft>ris {AP) . I .. . . 1:n_k¢ ~he Idea oftnes~. How high.are't~y?Wli!:!J:wo.~!dlthe be.o~h ~~e.-made~·of? Arid'.J.~ttprefet.~two ,sfiefves:or rittradi\le ti(>?(e.s/baskets/'cor1mtaine.rs <;1n .c>n~;·Woat· do;vo.~ ·t~ln~,r· F.ron:.: Abedin1Huma rmai1to~Al:>ediiif1®State;·9o~f i · -·· ·. · $ent: sur,tday, ·Sep~~r-1a, io;ri 9~£16 ·Ai1 ·-·· · to: f:f $Qbject: FW: Pakistao trool'.$ battte·Taliban ror US dron'.e debris (AP)' ~_.,..~~--~·-'-.._...~~'"""'"""'""'----+"-_;.;,.,,~;;.,.;..-._.;_;;·•~•_...;,.,..._;.,.;...._ .. ~ ..~.~·~:~ .• ~.~~___.;~~-~''~C~··'~C"~'~·~·~c~~·~·~;;.......:...__:____.:..- F.rom't OpsNewsTicker Sent: Sunday..- September 1a, 2011 09:(}7 Mt To:· NEWS-Mahoga_ny;_ NEWS-Afgh~nJ$n Cc:.SES-0 SUbject: ~akfstail tr:Qops battle T~llban ror US drone debriS (A~) REVIEW AUTHORITY: Reviewer Charles Lahiguera, Senior PERA IsMAIL KHAN~· Pakistan,_ C:APf Pakistarif.soldiers tiattled Taliban fight~rs in an attempt to seize precious debris ftoin .a Sl,ispectecl U.S. drcme that crashed in -a ru.gged tribal area near the Afghan border, Pakistani intelligence officials. and militant$ said Supday. The Taliban said they shot down the UlinJ,anlled:aircra:ft, which c~hed S~turday night nea.r Jangara village-in the South Waziristan tribal area. · Pakistani intelligence officials said they were not; certain whether 'fai.iban fire or technical problems brought down the drone. Drone er.ashes have hap~n~d before in Pakistan, but they are rare. Pakis:tan first le$11ed of the crash by interceptiqg;T~ibail ~<,lio coµummicatio~ ~d the iQtelligence officials,.speaking ·on condition of anonymity becau.se they were no~ authorized to talk to the media The debris was first seized by the Talioan. Several hours later, the Pakistani army sent soldiers in to wrest it out of 'militant hands. sparking a fight ·with the Taliban in which three militants ·were killed, .said the officials. three militants and two soidiers were also wo.unded in the clash, th<:;y said. The intelligence officials said the troops :were successful in seizing the debris, but Pakistani Taliban 1 . UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Department of State Case No. F-2013-14257 _Doc No. C05733096. Date: 03/19/2015 ''UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Department of State Case No. F-2013-14257 Doc No. C05733096 Date: 03/19/2015 commander Azmatullah Diwana claimed his fighters repelled the soldiers. The army then sent helicopter gunships into the area where the militants were holding the debris. Diwana told The Associated Press by telephone from an undisclosed location. Nawab Khan. a government official in South Wa,ziristan. confirmed the drone crash and the subsequent clash between militants and army troops. But he did not know whether the soldiers were successful in seizing the debris. Neither the Pakistani army nor the U.S. Em~assy responded to request for comment. NewsT/Ckersalelf senlorDep&itmsnt offfcla/s tobrealdng news. 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