Our Top Counterterrorism Officer Is a Convert to Islam

National Review ^ | March 25, 2012 | Daniel Foster

[Salman]

The man with the nicotine habit is in his late 50s, with stubble on his face and the dark-suited wardrobe of an undertaker. As chief of the CIA’s Counterterrorism Center for the past six years, he has functioned in a funereal capacity for al-Qaeda.

Roger, which is the first name of his cover identity, may be the most consequential but least visible national security official in Washington — the principal architect of the CIA’s drone campaign and the leader of the hunt for Osama bin Laden. In many ways, he has also been the driving force of the Obama administration’s embrace of targeted killing as a centerpiece of its counterterrorism efforts.

Colleagues describe Roger as a collection of contradictions. A chain-smoker who spends countless hours on a treadmill. Notoriously surly yet able to win over enough support from subordinates and bosses to hold on to his job. He presides over a campaign that has killed thousands of Islamist militants and angered millions of Muslims, but he is himself a convert to Islam.

[Carriage Hill]

Good points, EBH; grist for thought...

My first thoughts was that he was feigning being one of them, in deference to his wife, but that may be also a *red flag* to warn us. Thanks.

[dennisw]

Also if Al-Qaeda gets its act together they can blackmail Mr Muzzie via his wife. Find out who she is then start kidnapping and cutting up family members over there

[ScottinVA]

Yes.
Yes.
Yes.

Why? Oh, just a gut feeling I have... and the text of the Koran.

[Road Glide]

Do your “feel” that this person is unable to carry out their assigned missions?

If the person is a Muslim, yes.

Do you think that somehow their mission results have been less than required due to his chosen faith?

If the person is a Muslim, yes.

Do yo have evidence that this person has been less than qualified and compromised due to their conversion to Mohammedanism?

The “evidence” is a big hole at the south end of Manhattan Island, along with thousands of other acts of terrorism perpetrated in the name of muhammed.

If they are Islamic, whether “converted” or not, they pose a clear and present danger to our way of life.

Just asking?

Indeed you were, and these are my answers.
I realize the opinion is only my own, and that yours may be different.
It will NOT change mine.

[Tainan]

"Mohammedanism" is term I use to point out that, IMO, Islam is not a religion as much as it is a cult of personality based on this "Mohammad" guy.
I also agree that it is a socio/economic system rather than an actual religion.

My questions were put forth in hopes of a discussion re:whether a person who has made this choice, converting to Islam, would be considered able to do this particular work in a manner acceptable to his/her superiors.
In this day and time it is a pertinent subject. I think that it deserves scrutiny and consideration of the pros & cons.
As to the 9/11 comments, while I understand, and share, the emotional content of those statements, I just can't connect the dots to this person in assigning blame or guilt to them for those terrible actions.

Anyway, thanks for the replies. This subject is a relevant one;and I think it will surface more in the future.

Anything further shoot me a PM... ;)

[lonevoice]

ping

[rmlew]

Is he Sunni or Shi’ite? How do we know that he is not and Islamist? What mosque does he attend? I hope the FBI is looking into this, in between sensitivity training sessions from Muslim Brotherhood groups in the US.