Taliban 'knew of Cheney visit'

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[redgolum]

We have a leak. Better patch it quick.

And tell the President to not travel in the mean time.

[weezel]

Wonder if the new york times knew he was going?

[Broker]

How did they know? Dick Cheney has foreign and domestic enemies. They differ only how they use the left hand.

[Bigh4u2]

"This visit, although highly secretive, was known in circles in Kabul and Islamabad," he said.":

I call B.S.

The attack was on a 'check point' going in the base and the Taliban didn't announce their 'attack' until a full day AFTER Cheney left.

[Doogle]

The NYT probably tipped them off.........

Doogle

[Thrownatbirth]

No leak. It was lucky timing.

[sukhoi-30mki]

Cheney's last stop was Pakiland,the birthplace of the Taliban.Enough said.

[SengirV]

He added: "They must have had information (a) few days before that the US vice-president would be in town and stay at Bagram. This is not something you can plan with 12 hours notice."

I'd say it depends on how many caches of explosives you have in close proximity to the target, as well as the number of rubes you have who are willingto off themselves. I think a failed attempt that managed to explode within a mile would have been good enough. So that could easily be planned in less than 12 hours - IMHO.

[adorno]

Wonder if the new york times knew he was going?

It's more likely Nancy Pelosi. She wasn't too happy with Cheney last week.

[MizSterious]

Well, this doesn't surprise me much. I wouldn't be at ALL surprised to find they had a few key 'Rats in their hip pockets.

[ASOC]

""They were waiting for a high-level visit to carry out an attack. This visit, although highly secretive, was known in circles in Kabul and Islamabad," he said. "

What? They have Fox news, CNN now? Oy!

The visit was telegraphed by the media as part of his extended tour. You watch a military installation, you can tell "something big" is going on. If that base has a lot of commercial traffic/business going on with vendors outside the wire, it is even easier to tell when something is up.

And please note, setting off a bomb outside an installation is not the same as even getting close.

[SolidWood]

Utter BS! The media again using the momentum to show us how "sophisticated" and "professional" the Jihadis are!
If anything, the attack shows the marks of an ad-hoc, rushed and unsophisticated plan. They dispatched a rather high-ranking member to the perimeter of the base and killed a dozen civilians. If they are so well prepared and have incredible intelligence, they would have penetrated the base and made provisions arleady in advance.

[AFPhys]

I'm glad this happened.

One fewer terrorist in the world.

It might be a great concept to announce the Veep's (and possibly other officials) travel plans to give these fools more opportunities to blow themselves up.

[expatguy]

Domestic enemies.

You would be surprised at how many State Department people overseas hate Bush and Cheney enough to leak things like this.

We have a bigger enemy that Al Qaeda people and it is long past time to crack down.

[redgolum]

ASOC, you made a good point. Growing up around Offut, we knew when a big exercise was going on by the number of bombers buzzing around (the jocks like to fly through our little valley for some reason).

And yes, one less guy we have to worry about.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Armitage again?

[lilylangtree]

When I first heard on this a.m. radio news about the suicide bomber, my first thought was a leak. Better locate and seal the leak permanently.

[MaxMax]

This is a no-brainer. Every time a leader visits Iraq, they always visit Afghanistan.

I see no conspiracy here.

[cookcounty]

"We have a leak. Better patch it quick."

The whole world knew Cheney was in Islamabad. Look at the map, it doesn't take a genius to figure out his next stop was very likely Bagram. So maybe it was a leak, and maybe it wasn't.