Would the CIA let everyone in Pakistan know where they stay ?
Would all the personnel stay at the same hotel ?
I think it was directed to the Marriot as it is an American concern.
I doubt that the CIA let anybody other than someone high up in the Pakistani Government or military know where they were staying or when they’d be there. So that means...well, someone high up in the Paki gov or military tipped off the terrorists.
I wouldn’t put this kind of carelessness past the CIA from military friends I have that have had the displeasure of working with the CIA.
Maybe the CIA were just collateral damage, not the intended targets. According to the NYT, the dining rooms were full of all the Pakistani leaders, who were breaking the Ramadan fast.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/21/world/asia/21islamabad.html?hp
“The blast, one of the worst acts of terrorism in Pakistan’s history, went off just a few hundred yards from the prime minister’s house, where all the leaders of government were dining after the president’s address to Parliament.”
BBC is reporting that there were over 200 people in the dining rooms, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7627135.stm They showed up directly after Zadari had given a big address at the Parliament buildings a feet yards away. “The bomb attack came just hours after Pakistan’s newly installed President, Asif Ali Zardari, said he would not allow Pakistan’s territory to be violated by terrorists or foreign powers fighting them.”
The CIA guys might have just been there to show support for Zadari, and Zadari and his party were the real targets.
And how would the Messiah handle this??