I can't buy that one,...the other points seem reasonable....
You’ve not known someone who was killed or otherwise torn to pieces by the betrayal of politicians for their own ends?
1. people going to Afg-Pak to ‘look for CIA’ practices that were ‘illegal’. Apparently, this included Carville.
2. intelligence ‘systemic failures’ caused ..... ‘xyz’
3. intelligence personnel ‘did not’ inform DHS, FBI, nameyourhigherup, of potential bombing, hostile action, danger of whateveritis
4. intelligence operatives ‘killed innocent wedding goers, tourists, etc., etc.’
How better to silence your adversary that has power over you (US intelligence) than to take out enough of their people to hurt them badly enough....so they’ll leave you alone. Especially if you get a twofer in sending someone like a Bin Laden a ‘friendly thinking of you card’. A bit of a chit in the game.
There’s no difference in doing something like this than in sending Mikey to do something you don’t want to get caught doing. Do we really think 0bama or someone in the now infested Dept of State/Congressional Muslim Staffers Assn wouldn’t do this just to let others know who’s boss?