Posted on 02/13/2009 7:26:00 PM PST by newbie2008
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.Nice going senator.
Just so people get it straight:
Albright:
Hmmmm ..?? Why is it that whenever the dems are in charge of this particular committee - THEY CANNOT KEEP THEIR MOUTHS SHUT ..?? Leahy did the same thing .. they nicknamed him “Leaky Leahy”.
Egads .. I think this idiot wants to run for CA Gov .. but I hope this boo-boo will keep that from happening.
War on Terror is 100% bogus.
Whatever happened to hanging traitors ?
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