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Report: Dozens of U.S. spies captured in Lebanon and Iran
Haaretz ^

Posted on 11/21/2011 5:50:17 AM PST by jhpigott

Hezbollah leader Nasrallah said on TV in June at least 2 CIA spies identified in Hezbollah ranks; current and former U.S. officials concede this happened, says damage has spread.

The CIA’s operations in Lebanon have been badly damaged after Hezbollah identified and captured a number of U.S. spies recently, current and former U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Monday. The intelligence debacle is particularly troubling because the CIA saw it coming.

(Excerpt) Read more at haaretz.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cia; hezbollah; iran; lebanon; obama; spies; treason
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Nasrallah announced this capture back in June, but US officials denied it at the time. For whatever reason, today US officials admitted to the AP that a couple of our agents got nabbed. Ouch . . .
1 posted on 11/21/2011 5:50:18 AM PST by jhpigott
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2 posted on 11/21/2011 5:51:13 AM PST by jhpigott (North Korea - The land of lousy options)
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To: jhpigott

bump


3 posted on 11/21/2011 5:52:15 AM PST by Just4Him (The truth shall set you free. John 8:32)
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To: jhpigott

It might help if Obama quit sending the Pali terrorists hundreds of millions of dollars per year?


4 posted on 11/21/2011 5:56:18 AM PST by G Larry (Catholic Conservative Supporting Israel!)
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To: jhpigott

The real question is who in the administration is give the info up on them?


5 posted on 11/21/2011 5:59:02 AM PST by jafojeffsurf (Return to the Constitution)
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It's on Bam's and Panetta's watches.

Another thing to try and sweep under the thug rug.

6 posted on 11/21/2011 6:05:36 AM PST by Jane Long (Soli Deo Gloria!)
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To: jafojeffsurf

“The real question is who in the administration is give the info up on them?”

Same one responsible for bringing down packed military helicopters once in a while.


7 posted on 11/21/2011 6:07:56 AM PST by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: G Larry

Obama probably gave them up to his rag head buds.


8 posted on 11/21/2011 6:14:29 AM PST by TexasFreeper2009 (Cain 2012!)
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To: TexasFreeper2009

Yeah, which person in Obama’s admin outed them to Hezballah.


9 posted on 11/21/2011 6:17:30 AM PST by bigdirty
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Couple different sources now reporting at least a “dozen” US spies were apprehended by Hezbollah. This is starting to sound like a HUGE Clusterf#&$

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4151181,00.html


10 posted on 11/21/2011 6:21:01 AM PST by jhpigott (North Korea - The land of lousy options)
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"Some dozen CIA spies working in Iran and Lebanon were exposed and caught..."

Okay, this is bad. Just how were they exposed? Mistake? Carelessness? Double agent? Obama?

11 posted on 11/21/2011 6:25:29 AM PST by Obadiah (If Reagan were alive today he'd be spinning in his grave.)
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Obama probably gave them up to his rag head buds.

Probably to Hezbollah in exchange for not completely taking over in Lebanon and making it obvious on his watch.

12 posted on 11/21/2011 6:30:13 AM PST by ScottinVA (I miss America.)
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Remember how the “media” ballyhooed the “outing” of the so-called CIA agent Valerie Plame.

Waiting for proportionate treatment on this one. As if...


13 posted on 11/21/2011 6:31:23 AM PST by ScottinVA (I miss America.)
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To: Obadiah

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20111121/D9R53CD80.html

“The CIA was well aware the spies were vulnerable in Lebanon. CIA officials were warned, including the chief of the unit that supervises Hezbollah operations from CIA headquarters in Langley, Va., and the head of counterintelligence. It remains unclear whether anyone has been or will be held accountable in the wake of this counterintelligence disaster or whether the incident will affect the CIA’s ability to recruit assets in Lebanon.”


14 posted on 11/21/2011 6:33:05 AM PST by jhpigott (North Korea - The land of lousy options)
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Hussein himself probably gave Hez their names. What a freaking traitor.


15 posted on 11/21/2011 6:33:50 AM PST by GnL
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Result of premature announcement of Bin Laden assination?


16 posted on 11/21/2011 6:34:29 AM PST by frithguild (Restricting access to capital - Liberalism: The sharpest tool of big business, banks, etc.)
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To: ScottinVA

Where is our Sec. of State? She should make a public statement since it happened on her watch.


17 posted on 11/21/2011 6:35:53 AM PST by Dacula (When life gives you lemons, make apple juice and have people wonder how the hell you did it.)
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To: ScottinVA

But, Plame was deep cover.


18 posted on 11/21/2011 6:37:10 AM PST by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: jhpigott

Sloppy, dumb Panetta. The CIA needs a major overhaul. Obama promising to witch hunt the CIA and hamstringing our intelligence activity didn’t help.


19 posted on 11/21/2011 6:38:23 AM PST by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: Obadiah

obama IS a double agent.

LLS


20 posted on 11/21/2011 6:38:50 AM PST by LibLieSlayer ("Americans are hungry to feel once again a sense of mission and greatness." Ronaldo Magnus)
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