CIA Shut Down in Iraq

Pajamas media via Drudge Report ^ | Sept 19, 2007 | Richard Miniter

[RDTF]

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[nuconvert]

Is this information that should be publicized?

[Recovering_Democrat]

Sounds like some wishful thinking by the left.

The Iraqis probably jumped the gun, like they did when they accused Marines of killing civilians in Hadeeth...and John Murtha made an ass of himself all anew again.

Petraeus and Bush need to knuckle down on the Iraqis and tell them to lift the Blackwater blacklist, and Nostril-Man Waxman can be told to SHOVE IT.

Victory in Iraq is essential.

[Daus]

OK... if the CIA can't move without a security detail than all the stories about the ineptitude of the CIA are right on the money.

It's hard to be covert with four Blackwater dudes hanging out with you.

[Brilliant]

The CIA is so incompetent it probably makes little difference.

[Perdogg]

If the CIA cannot operate without Blackwater, we are in bigger trouble than we realize. I think this story is BS.

[Brakeman]

Purposefully BS.

Not everything is as it always appears, of course.

[livius]

It’s probably being publicized for a good reason.

Blackwater protected the movements of a lot of US non-military personnel, and now the Iraqis are trying to kick out Blackwater. This happened after Blackwater guards responded to an bomb attack on a State Dept convoy yesterday in which the guards had a firefight and killed non-military terrorists.Now the Iranian controlled Iraqis are claiming they were all sweet, innocent Iraqi grannies out shopping.

This is part of a larger picture.

[DemEater]

First of all, this relies on an unnamed source for info on the CIA station.

Second, should it be published anyway? Seems pretty irresponsible.

[RDTF]

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[Talking_Mouse]

Especially in Intelligence.

[toomanygrasshoppers]

Ping

[prairiebreeze]

The Blackwater story was on FoxNews last night. Although they portryaed Blackwater as guilty of shooting innocents, not in defending themselves.

[SevenMinusOne]

The notion that the CIA can't move is foolishness (outside of their low level stooges). However, the shutting down of key PRTs is tremendously hurtful -

PRTs are key to progress (outside of military progress) within Iraq -

Maliki has to be put in line by Sr. WH members and stat....

[Semper]

Of course victory in Iraq is essential. But we already had "victory" in Iraq: we invaded and removed a dictator. We are now dealing with the consequences of that victory. Total victory is dependent upon a fragile democracy in a country which may not be ready for democracy, dependent upon a military which is stretched too thin, relying upon reserves and civilian contractors (both of which are turning out to be liabilities) and dependent upon support in our country which has a time limit probably not long enough for that victory. When victory is dependent upon multiple, fragile factors beyond your control, you should not engage in the conflict.

What now? Should we stay until our military is damaged even more from overcommitment, until we have given our enemies more help in recruiting terrorists, until we have spent more money we do not have yet, until we have weakened other efforts in the war on terrorists (ie Afghanistan), until we have lost more international support, until the republican party is totally irrelevant and until it is painfully clear that this president made one of the biggest mistakes in modern history? That appears to be happening.

[MNJohnnie]

State department source who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

Bravo Sierra.

[RDTF]

I don’t know about you, but that’s one post I am not responding to.

[Squantos]

No worry........key personel are still operating with contract security. DSS, CIA etc etc all have multiple sources of contractors. Total BS to think the title is true. Yes a few agents who ran with BW security teams have to wait for replacements if they have indeed been run out of country pending appeal of their license and the issue at hand etc ......

If the rest of these contractors do not stand with BW then they will suffer the same fate later .

Enemy sets off a daisy chain ambush on a convoy then turns captured US weapons on the locals standing around or responding to the blast and blame it on the good guys .....

Iraqi Polidiots swallow that tactic hook line and sinker......

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

It makes sense since ex CIA Cofer Black is the Vice Chair of Blackwater.

More to this situation than meets the eye.