Posted on 05/06/2011 5:03:42 AM PDT by radioone
The CIA spied on Osama bin Laden for months from its own top-secret safehouse in Abbottabad, it has been revealed.
In one of the most intricate intelligence operations in CIA history, spies moved in to a property next door to Bin Laden's fortified compound to establish his 'pattern of life'.
The surveillance operation was so extensive that the CIA was forced to go cap in hand to Congress in December to ask for tens of millions of dollars more funding, which was met by creaming money from a variety of other agency budgets.
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A perfect example of the value of HUMINT - a resource that CIA and other agencies almost completely obliterated with the advent of gee-whiz satellite technology (SIGINT, ELINT, COMINT, etc.). Glad to see the ember didn’t die.
Colonel, USAFR
Pow, head shot from 1,000 yds out.
we assumed that the only way they could pull this off was to have a presence on the ground to keep an eye on the compound.
Sure. The trick is; getting out alive afterward.
(and continued photgraphing).
I believe we saw pictures of the copters coming and leaving...
Who...leaked this out?
Probably Wikileaks
So why did we have to go in suddenly on Sunday night (Afghan time) after months of observation? Is that why BHO was pissed, it did not meet the time table he wanted?
Yes,they probably had Sept.11th 2012 penciled in.
Just ask Ray.
This fits in with a blog report that Obama couldn’t make a decision for a number of weeks about this, and that Panetta had the op under way before Obama was informed.
I read that the raid had actually been scheduled for the night before (Saturday) so that Obama could announce it at the press dinner that he attended. The weather was unfavorable for helicopters in Pakistan that night, however, so they scratched it and moved it to the next day.
I don’t know where the poster got that info or how reliable it is, but it sure wouldn’t surprise me.
It makes sense if OBL was about to die from disease, and it was better to promote the jihadi cause if he was a murdered martyr.
The muslim brotherhood is shifting gears just as the communists did. It’s about going from direct attack to internal takeover. If you look at our schools, the media, and our government itself, it is working.
I've looked at some pics of the house and didn't see any. Perhaps they were knocked down by the raiders.
At any rate, the "story" said OBL didn't have internet or TV access. I think someone is lying.
I dont think he had internet but rumor has it that he had a dish, and was a big fan of “Glee” and “Dancing with the stars” /s
Once txe heat was turned up on his second obviously fake birth certificate...hm?...just then he found txe courage to hit Bin Laden.
Coincidence? I don't think so.
So who else are you hiding?
Loose lips sink ships.
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