Posted on 02/13/2009 5:05:23 AM PST by Sub-Driver
Predator drones flown from base in Pakistan, U.S. lawmaker says Sen. Feinstein's surprise disclosure likely to complicate joint campaign against Taliban militants
Greg Miller | Washington Bureau 7:06 PM CST, February 12, 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A senior U.S. lawmaker said Thursday that unmanned CIA Predator aircraft operating in Pakistan are flown from an airbase inside that country, a revelation likely to embarrass the Pakistani government and complicate its counterterrorism collaboration with the United States.
The disclosure by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), the chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, marked the first time a U.S. official had publicly commented on where the Predator aircraft patrolling Pakistan take off and land.
At a hearing, Feinstein expressed surprise at Pakistani opposition to the ongoing campaign of Predator-launched CIA missile strikes against Al Qaeda targets along Pakistan's northwest border.
"As I understand it, these are flown out of a Pakistani base," she said of the planes.
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Democraps are not fit to be in charge of things like this.
What a dumbass.
And dems are worried about Rep. Pete Hoekstra Twittering in Iraq?
Traitors both.
5.56mm
Firing Squad for DF
What ever happened to laws concerning treason ?
Are our lawmakers above the law? (dumb question, I guess)
So, Diane, where do the pilots’ families live, and what frequency are the drones controlled on? Come on, don’t tease us like that. We know you know more!
GMTA
What a dumbass broad. Talk about amateur hour.
As I recall, “Loose lips still sink ships.”
Thanks a lot, Mrs. Feinstein. You’re doing a fine job.
Ugh.
“We strongly object to Sen. Feinstein’s remarks being characterized as anything other than a reference” to a article that appeared last March in the Washington Post, LaVelle said. Feinstein did not refer to newspaper accounts during the hearing. Is this true?
And we thought the NYSlimes was the master of leaks that harmed America.
How do you like your ‘friends’ now, Obama!!!
Should be “hearing.”
“Is this true” is my question
Traitor. 10 Years in jail and I dont care if CA replaces her!
And the sad thing is she's the smarter of our two senatorettes here...
And the other blabber mouth idiot, Panetta, was confirmed yesterday. Not a word in the msm. Guess they were afraid the citizens would make too many phone calls to the senate.
And we have another idiot confirmed who was the author of albore’s ‘facts’ about global warming. He determined that billions will die in the near future because the oceans are going to rise.
This administration is filled with dangerous incompetent kooks.
NiceBeerMug shows ‘rat ignorance again.
What a silly cow.
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