(AFP/DOD/File/Jeffrey S. Viano)The Wall Street Journal broke a story today about Iraqi insurgents using a $26 software program to intercept video feeds from UAVs.
No missions compromised? How exactly does one prove a negative?A senior defense official said that James Clapper, the Pentagon's intelligence chief, assessed the Iraq intercepts at the direction of Defense Secretary Robert Gates and concluded they represented a shortcoming to the security of the drone network.
"There did appear to be a vulnerability," the defense official said. "There's been no harm done to troops or missions compromised as a result of it, but there's an issue that we can take care of and we're doing so."
Here's a good chat courtesy of Rachel Maddow on the latest Defense department blunder that apparently has not compromised any missions.
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