Missing Iranian spy chief 'defected to West'

Telegraph - UK ^ | 2/7/07 | Tim Butcher

[Santiago de la Vega]

"According to part of the information, his wife and children managed to leave Iran before his disappearance," Mr Amir told Israel's Army Radio, without elaborating on his sources.

Gen Azkari flew to Istanbul from Damascus, the Syrian capital, and checked into a hotel. But after leaving his possessions in the room he never returned.

[bkepley]

Is the CIA on our side now?

That probably depends on which CIA you are referring to.

[ASA Vet]

I'll bet the debriefing sessions with the CIA were very interesting

it would be better if a real Intelligence organization got him first.

[Beckwith]

Kidnapped or defected -- makes no difference as long as we got him.

Now let's hope he's not a plant.

[ASA Vet]

the little dark dwarf in Tehran won't sleep tonight.

[NY Attitude]

The Moussad knew how to get information quickly.

[LonePalm]

Say what you will about the French government but I'm sure La Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure (DGSE) has some very good HUMINT sources in Iran.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[Scarpetta]

Never fails to crack me up!

[Grampa Dave]

The Culinary Institute of America would do a better job of getting data versus the CIA the past 20-30 years.

[Towed_Jumper]

"He flipped when he saw Jack Bauer come into the room with a cigar clipper."

lol! That, or "Richards" came into the room with that little briefcase full of "hurts me real bad" medicine in one of his syringes.

[BIGLOOK]

Sounds like a defection to me. If Meade has him then he has value.....but we'll never know. If the CIA and the DNC has him, we'll read about it in the NY Times.

[oldbrowser]

That probably depends on which CIA you are referring to.

How many are there?

[bkepley]

--That probably depends on which CIA you are referring to.
How many are there?

I'd say two, a good CIA and a bad CIA. I saw a funeral for a good CIA man who was killed in Afghanistan and it was about the most impressive thing I've ever seen in my life.