Highly Covert U.S.-Thai Operation Nabbed Hambali

Yahoo ^

[TLI]

HA! The lib's can't whine about not being informed so they can blab, and by the very context of the report, they were definantly left out of the loop.

This just oozes Bsh/Chny.

HA!

[Eric in the Ozarks]

The Thais "kicked down the door..."
They must have brought stepladders.

[sarasota]

You mean we've finally hired people who can keep things covert? Progress!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

The Bush Doctrine at work!!!!!

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[Dog Gone]

I love it.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I feel safer!

[Libertarianize the GOP]

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[GOP_1900AD]

Now, if only we could get Shinawatra to stop being such a pro PRC bootlicker and to stop ragging on us for Operation Iraqi Freedom. It's a good start, though....

[Dirk McQuickly]

Frank Shinawatra?

[Grampa Dave]

If the rats in congress had their way, we would never read about another success like this.

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Congress to restrict use of Special Ops (The full story not just a teaser on Drudge!)
Washington Times ^ | 8/13/2003 | Bill Gertz


Posted on 08/12/2003 10:31 PM PDT by Grampa Dave


Congress to restrict use of Special Ops


By Bill Gertz THE WASHINGTON TIMES


Congress is set to impose new restrictions on the use of Special Operations Forces that for the first time will require a presidential order before deploying commandos in routine but hidden activities.

The restrictions are contained in the classified Senate report accompanying the current version of the intelligence authorization bill for fiscal 2004.

[Only1choice____Freedom]

No congressional approval given here.


THAT'S WHY IT WORKED!!!!

[Cobra64]

""We received tipoffs from local people that there were strange-looking people..."

Aren't they all?

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Thanks for the ping, Grampa Dave.

I think you can count out restrictions on Spc Ops:

 Pentagon Town Hall Meeting  - Thurs., Aug. 14, 2003

Q:...Part B was an article I saw in the -- I think the Times yesterday that talked about constraining the operations of our Special Operations Forces; that a presidential order would, perhaps, have to be in place.  Comments, please.

Rumsfeld:  I checked into that article that was in some newspaper, and at least thus far, I'm told that it's not accurate.  That is to say that the -- we do not believe there is a constraint that's operative at the present time.  It's complicated, because it involves two senatorial committees, and  -- I was not in any of the meetings, and there is nothing in the law that constrains us and -- beyond where we're currently constrained, and obviously, there are constraints, and we live within them, and that's fine.  But the implication in the article was that there was some new constraint that would inhibit the special operators from being capable of doing the kinds of things they've been doing in the past.  And I'm told in discussions with the Armed Services Committee that that's not the case; that there was some side language in a report in the Intel Committee that suggested that, but the Armed Services Committee seems not to think that's a problem, and I certainly hope that's the case.

     And if it's not the case, we would have to have more discussions and figure out how we sort it out, because the -- in the global war on terror and the kind of an environment we're in, the security environment we're in, there is no question but that the Special Operations people have been utilized to a much greater extent than previously and undoubtedly will be prospectively.

IOW - no way, Jose. (^:

[Grampa Dave]

RC, thanks for posting this Rummy straight Talk.

Well, either an assistant to Rummy is in real trouble or Gertz is starting to act like he is a writer for the Ny Slimes.

I think that Gertz wanted this covert operation by the rats to kill our covert Spec Ops out in the open. Any rat in Congress, associated with this, is yesterday's news in their next election.

[ASA Vet]

You don't think a Thai can kick?

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

I'm glad he brought it up, GD. Put the spotlight on the Senate where there are many working against the DoD and our war efforts. Perhaps people will start paying attention to the Senate Foreign Relations and Intel Committees.

Our Senators seem to think their constituents are all unhappy parents of miserable troops.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

No question.
But most Thais I've met are 4' 10"...

[ASA Vet]

My wife is 5'5" and 100% Thai

[ASA Vet]

Oh, I forgot to mention she can't kick....
I've offered to teach her, but she's not interested.