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Underground drug ring operating near the u.s. embassy in baghdad supplying state department security contractors with drugs. inspector general's office so far says it doesn't comment on draft reports. the state department today said we take allegations of misconduct seriously and investigate thoroughly. the department's spokesperson saying the notion we would not vigorously pursue criminal misconduct in a case, any case, is preposterous. ambassadors would be no exception. state department says all the cases mentioned by cbs today were thoroughly investigated or still are being investigated, bu...

That a state department security official in beirut engaged in sexual assaults with foreign nationals hired as embassy guards." engaged in sexual assaults is weird language. i know. that's in quotes from this supposed report. there was another reported investigation into an alleged underground drug ring operating near the u.s. embassy in baghdad supplying state department security contractors with drugs. inspector general's office so far says it doesn't comment on draft reports. the state department today said we take allegations of misconduct seriously and investigate thoroughly. the departme...

Would have in an i.t. office. >> that's fascinating. in terms of security contractors, and we've seen statistics saying that, you know, as many as 70% of the positions inside the world of those who have top secret clearances are actually private firms. should americans be -- is this one point of the debate that these revelations should spark us in about the nature of the intelligence system right now that is so heavily privatized? >> well, it is an issue, because there's an awful lot of work that's being done in the private sector that a decision was made some time ago that they were not going...

Was behind this. i read some folks speculating last week when these documents were being leaked thinking this has to be someone high up, pretty senior. we found out it's not someone quite senior in terms of how long they've been in the intelligence community or how senior they were, but someone with a lot of access and also someone that worked for a private firm. how common is it to have people at private companies with this kind of access? >> well, i think some of what he's saying might be overstated, but he was basically in an outstation in hawaii, and they tend to have less security in an o...

Nationals hired as embassy guards." engaged in sexual assaults is weird language. i know. that's in quotes from this supposed report. there was another reported investigation into an alleged underground drug ring operating near the u.s. embassy in baghdad supplying state department security contractors with drugs. inspector swre eor general's of far says it doesn't comment on draft reports. the state department today said we take allegations of misconduct seriously and investigate thoroughly. the department's spokesperson saying the notion we would not vigorously pursue criminal misconduct in ...