Secretary Powell swearing in Nancy Powell, left, as Ambassador to Pakistan at the Department of State, August 9, 2002
Shocking.
Secretary Powell swearing in Nancy Powell, left, as Ambassador to Pakistan at the Department of State, August 9, 2002
Geez. Sounds like the POTUS waited until after the election to make this move. I'm really kinda surprised, given State Department involvement, that this news didn't hit the media full force in Sep/Oct 04 as a "Bush intelligence failure."
Great career move!
Fire her for disobeying an order and violating U. S. Government policy, take away her pension and put her in the stockade without her loverly partner (maybe have Big Bubba in with her, Bubba not be too discriminating.)
I'm still wondering WHY she didn't distribute the material. Was it incompetence or a chip on her shoulder? You can't tell me "she was just too busy with other things on the agenda". This was done deliberately to compromise someone else's plan.
Somebody at Foggy Bottom must have a thing for Al Lewis look-alikes.
She must be required to explain why she chose to do this and she should be charged with something. This is an outrage.
Sounds to me like somebody ought to be doing some jail time.
Of course, what "ought to be" and "what is" are two different things. The worst thing she will experience is losing her job.
This makes me so mad I want to . . . . . . . do something!!
I wrote here a few times about people like this working for the State Department - there are several - many were very vocal in their objection to the Iraq war and have promised that they will do everything in their power to thwart the work of the US government.
Thanks for the post.
I'm not shocked. I'm glad that vermin moles like this are being dug up.
Is this not a treasonous act by an enemy within?
I toast PRESIDENT BUSH and our new Secretary of State.
Surely there are more moles like this one ... Condi, You GO, Girl!
Don't say much for Powell's deductive powers..
Why in the world is she still working in the state dept.? Incompetence should not be sustained.
Sounds like she is just plumb dumb.
A matchbook cover advertisement was also the instrument to obtain key information on Ramzi Ahmed Yousef, one of those responsible for the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in New York City. As with Kansi, Yousef was captured in Pakistan. He was subsequently extradited to the United States, tried and convicted for his part in the bombing and is now in prison.
And then there is the Khalid Shaikh Mohammed case...KSM was arrested March 01, 2003 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan and, according to the following link, a reward was paid for info leading to KSM's arrest. Info came from a suspect in custody.
That program - known as Rewards for Justice - was discontinued in Pakistan prior to Ms. Powell's 2002 arrival because it was ''ineffective,'' the senior [State Department] official said.
US Ambassador to Pakistan prior to Powell was Wendy J. Chamberlain.
STATE demartment institutional crisis.
There must be a purge of the career hacks at the state department. They are still fighting for the survival of the USSR.
"Interesting". Still be interested in learning the why.