Posted on 08/03/2013 3:25:59 PM PDT by kristinn
In warning about possible al Qaeda attacks against Americans overseas, U.S. officials may have provided too much detail about intercepted chatter and the source of the information, and that may make it more difficult to get such tips next time, former and current intelligence officials say.
On Friday, the U.S. State Department issued a worldwide travel alert for Americans, citing an unspecified al Qaeda threat. The bulletin said that the highest threat levels are the Middle East and North Africa, “and possibly occurring in or emanating from the Arab Peninsula.”
As a result of the threat, the United States will close 21 embassies in 17 countries in the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia on Sunday, the traditional start of the work week in those countries.
On Saturday, unnamed U.S. officials told media outlets Yemeni intelligence agencies alerted Washington to the threat during the visit by the Yemeni president to Washington.
U.S. officials speaking on the condition of anonymity further told press representatives that “chatter” among “operatives” from al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula had been taking place over the last several weeks, and increased over the last few days, lending further credence to the Yemeni warning.
Intelligence officials are dismayed that the administration provided so much detail on what prompted the closings, and that the disclosures could work against obtaining new information. Militants are now likely searching for the sources of the information to both the U.S. and Yemeni officials, and almost certainly will kill anyone they suspect of working with Western intelligence.
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Who was warning whom?
once a muslim always a muslim...he tipped them off.
Yep.
That was probably it. He was letting them know they’d been busted - if they really had been. If not, he was warning them against making him look bad.
It’s all a PR stunt, IMHO.
Hussein’s motto: “Anything to hurt America.”
IMHO Obama is doing everything he can to gut our intel.
Why, the Obama gang always discloses their sources on the really big intelligence successes. Recall the Pakistani doctor who was key to locating Bin Laden. SOP for a gang of anti-American incompetents.
Now he can run around saying that he saved the day and I need more power to prevent future attacks.
I want to know, who it is, what they said and when did they say it. Tired of all this cloak and dagger crap.
Fortunately for the U.S., we have President Obama in charge...
..makes Extortion 17 seem believable.
He has always been working for the other side. This is what he learned from every mentor he ever had, going all the way back to Frank Marshall David in Hawaii and William Ayers in New York and later in Chicago.
Those in the media who knew what he was did not tell. Shame on them. Do the media not understand that there’s “Left,” and then there is “treasonous Left.”
The treasonous Left have taken over the Democratic Party. They are anti-America and anti-Semitic. The Jews of the party are suffering from cognitive dissonance.
Old time Democrats should be running for the hills or they should start standing their ground. That includes members of Congress. Now, right now, is the time for every member of Congress to hold Obama accountable for every one of his dangerous lies and spills and bogus legislation put together behind the scenes to bring America to her knees.
If it’s not campaign speeches, we won’t hear it from our current federal government.
It sure does.
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