Posted on 01/09/2010 12:01:48 PM PST by Steelfish
January 09, 2010 CIA Director Defends Agency in Suicide Attack
CIA Director Leon Panetta says the Jordanian man who killed seven CIA employees and himself in a bombing in Afghanistan was about to be searched before the explosion.
The bomber was cultivated by the CIA in the fight against Al Qaeda, but apparently was a double agent.
Panetta writes in Sunday's Washington Post that it wasn't a question of trusting a potential intelligence source and that no one ignored the potential danger in dealing with this man.
Panetta, whose article was posted on the newspaper's Web site Saturday, says the suicide bombing is a stark reminder that the U.S. is at war.
Also Saturday, a Pakistani intelligence official warned Americans not to read too much into newly released videos from the Jordanian doctor.
In videos aired on al-Jazeera and a Pakistani TV channel, the doctor appears alongside the new leader of the Pakistani Taliban and urges jihadists to attack U.S. targets to avenge the death the group's previous leader. A CIA missile is believed to have killed Baitullah Mehsud in August.
The doctor, Humam Khalil Abu Mulal al-Balawi, apparently had ties to Al Qaeda, the CIA and Jordanian intelligence. In one of videos, the doctor claims he was offered millions of dollars to spy for the U.S. and Jordan, but gave it up to joint the militants.
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The hypothetical search of the POTUS would indicate there are NO exceptions and don’t even bother asking me for an exception. It has to do with power/influence over those you need to control. It has nothing to do with “politics” or a “popularity contest”.
Now, you and I are in complete agreement. I have absolutely no respect for the CIA. None. I wouldn't trust them to bring me a cup of coffee much less the security of this country. Like you, I am furious at the idiocy of the CIA. As far as I am concerned they can close the agency down and hand everything over to the Military.
“The hypothetical search of the POTUS would indicate there are NO exceptions”
Judging from your replies, you did’t understand anything I said, beyond the fact that I contradicted the PC position on the absolute sameness of the sexes.
I can assure you that the two Blackwater guys who were murdered were not 'candy-assed'. They were the best of the best. The person responsible for their murder was a Muslim extremist who was hell bent on killing as many Americans as possible, anyway possible. The negligence came from the person in charge of the CIA for tying their hands and that clueless piece of *hit who calls himself President.
No, he should be running portable pay toilets at a carnival, used car sales require a little bit of intelligence...
“Um... shouldnt you search someone before they get near your leadership?”
That’s why this scenario is most likely a lie. Why would 7 CIA agents be standing around the person who is about to be checked for explosives & weapons? Isn’t that the purpose of checking him? So if he is carrying weapons he kills the least amount of people?
“The negligence came from the person in charge of the CIA for tying their hands and that clueless piece of *hit who calls himself President.”
Yeah, that’s about it. Frightening to reflect that the Bamtard almost certainly thinks the CIA is competent.
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