Posted on 11/21/2011 11:06:22 AM PST by lbryce
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In a significant failure for the United States in the Mideast, more than a dozen spies working for the CIA in Iran and Lebanon have been caught and the U.S. government fears they will be or have been executed, according to four current and former U.S. officials with connections to the intelligence community.
The spies were paid informants recruited by the CIA for two distinct espionage rings targeting Iran and the Beirut-based Hezbollah organization, considered by the U.S. to be a terror group backed by Iran.
"Espionage is a risky business," a U.S. official briefed on the developments told ABC News, confirming the loss of the unspecified number of spies over the last six months.
"Many risks lead to wins, but some result in occasional setbacks," the official said.
Robert Baer, a former senior CIA officer who worked against Hezbollah while stationed in Beirut in the 1980's, said Hezbollah typically executes individuals suspected of or caught spying.
"If they were genuine spies, spying against Hezbollah, I don't think we'll ever see them again," he said. "These guys are very, very vicious and unforgiving."
Other current and former officials said the discovery of the two U.S. spy rings occurred separately, but amounted to a setback of significant proportions in efforts to track the activities of the Iranian nuclear program and the intentions of Hezbollah against Israel.
"Remember, this group was responsible for killing more Americans than any other terrorist group before 9/11," said a U.S. official. Attacks on the U.S. embassy and Marine barracks in Beirut in 1983 killed more than 300 people, including almost 260 Americans.
The U.S. official, speaking for the record but without attribution, gave grudging credit to the efforts of Iran and Hezbollah to detect and expose U.S. and Israeli espionage.
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Works for me, just tell those scum dogs that if they don’t turn over those agents by tomorrow we nuke their military sites..and mean it..
Let’s get real, we have an entire armed army already in our country, they have been immigrating for decades preparing for these times, the mooselimbs may be wigged out alright, but stupid they are not..at least they control their borders..
Come Lord...
Obamma mamba jamma lenin khomeini is the mole...
How is this a mystery? Obama ‘gave them up’
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simple, he is plotting to kill us, we have lost our country already and they are planning an assault before election time...he is an illegal in the WH, and no one can even get the law to hold him accountable, say hello to the 12th iman.
Generated crisis commin at ya. They have to show this community organizer and chief as a great military leader
God help us.
LOL! Good one!
“What is this guy doing in OUR White House?”
Decapitating America.
Thanks!
So Panetta is out there telling Israel not to attack Iran, when our eyes have been more or less blind on the situation for months.
Petraeus was sworn in on September 6. They knew this was going down before.
I would say there is a Philip Agee in the ranks. And he is getting cover from a high office.
Burn in Hell, Philip Agee!
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