Spying on the spy: Raw Story interviews former FBI investigator Eric O'Neill

RS: There have been news accounts about the PROMIS software and allegations that Osama Bin Laden had purchased the software from the Russians who had obtained it from Hanssen. Is that true?

EO: I don’t know. The FBI has briefed me in generalities, but not [specifics]. I don’t even know everything that was in the last drop.

RS: Speaking of a national security breach, have you followed the Valerie Plame case?

EO: Yes

RS: Is there any correlation to the Hanssen case in terms of the type of breach of national security this was?

EO: I don’t think there is a correlation because Hanssen affected so many areas over a long period of time. There are things only he can tell us and will take a long time to fix. In the Plame case, they know what needs to be fixed and what the damages are. We still don’t fully know with Hanssen.

RS: I find it ironic that columnist Robert Novak was used by Hanssen to disseminate information and then again by Karl Rove to disseminate classified information. Do you think there is a risk of journalists being used by foreign agents of influence to create a serious national security breach and, if so, can you think of a case where such a thing occurred?

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