Leon Panetta scoffs at Iran’s claim it is harvesting US drone for intelligence

Iran claimed one of its cyberwarfare team hacked the drone’s controls by
confusing its GPS guidance system, and has since claimed it would
reverse-engineer the drone.

US officials acknowledged losing the drone on a spying mission over Iran, but
asserted the stealth aircraft came down because of a technical problem, not
any Iranian intervention.

Mr Panetta, in his first visit to Latin America as Pentagon chief, said the
United States was concerned about the Guards’ alleged attempts to expand
their influence in the Middle East as well as in South America.

“That in my book relates to expanding terrorism, and I think that’s one of the
areas we’re all concerned about,” he said.

Speaking later at a joint press conference in Bogota with his Colombian
counterpart Juan Carlos Pinzon, the US defence secretary announced the sale
of 10 military helicopters to Colombia, including five Black Hawks, to help
the government in its fight with FARC leftist rebels.

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