[sauropod]

Book is on my "must buy" list. Thx.

[trebb]

I've used some of Posner's books as text for college classes - always good stuff.

[The Wizard]

posner is a flaming asshole who still sells the "Oswald did it" crap from the 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's.

He is incapable of telling the truth.

[The Wizard]

of course he can tell behind the scenes stuff....he's an agency asset left over from the "old guard"

[evad]

Air Marshall Mushaf Ali Mir, along with his entourage, died when their aircraft unexpectedly experienced difficulties and crashed. Saudi officials have yet to offer an explanation for the plane accident that occurred during favorable weather. Prince Ahmed died of a "heart attack" at age 43, and his cousin Prince Sultan bin Faisal bin Turki al-Saud, age 41, died in a "car accident" while supposedly speeding to Prince Ahmed's funeral. Lastly, Prince Fahd bin Turki bin Saud al-Kabir, age 25, ostensibly "died of thirst" due to the summer heat while traveling in the province of Remaah.

Ah yes...we have the same scenario here.
Over here we call it "Arkancide".

It explains ALL cases of questionable death.

[LS]

What is odd is that I could swear during the impeachment hearings I saw Posner making some nasty comments about the GOP and supporting Clinton? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

[Quilla]

Fantastic article. Posting balance of article in the event original link is lost:

Three days after Zubaydah was taken into custody, he was flown to Afghanistan as part of a "false flag operation using fake décor" intended to lull him into believing that he had been moved to Saudi Arabia for further interrogation. The surroundings were specifically created to convince Zubaydah that he was ensconced in "a medical room in a Saudi jail...Two Arab-Americans, now with Special Forces, would play the role of his new inquisitors". Zubaydah was also given Sodium Pentothal. However, instead of fearing considerable torture and execution at the hands of the brutal "Saudis", Zubaydah was actually relieved and unwittingly spilled the beans. Zubaydah provided his interrogators with the names (and some telephone numbers) of four Saudi royals and a Saudi military official that were complicit in the funding of al-Qaeda, believing that these individuals would have the wherewithal to arrange for his release. Upon learning that he had been subjected to a ruse, and speaking with Americans, not Saudis, Zubaydah tried to commit suicide.

Zubaydah identified the following as accomplices of al-Qaeda: Prince Ahmed bin Salman bin Abdul-Aziz (owner of Kentucky Derby winner "War Emblem") often simply referred to as "Prince Ahmed", his cousin Prince Sultan bin Faisal bin Turki al-Saud, distant relative Prince Fahd bin Turki bin Saud al-Kabir, Mushaf Ali Mir, a high ranking military officer, and Prince Turki, the Saudi intelligence chief. All died within months, presumably killed on the orders of the top Saudi royals, except for Prince Turki who was removed from his intelligence post and reassigned as Saudi ambassador to Great Britain.

Air Marshall Mushaf Ali Mir, along with his entourage, died when their aircraft unexpectedly experienced difficulties and crashed. Saudi officials have yet to offer an explanation for the plane accident that occurred during favorable weather. Prince Ahmed died of a "heart attack" at age 43, and his cousin Prince Sultan bin Faisal bin Turki al-Saud, age 41, died in a "car accident" while supposedly speeding to Prince Ahmed's funeral. Lastly, Prince Fahd bin Turki bin Saud al-Kabir, age 25, ostensibly "died of thirst" due to the summer heat while traveling in the province of Remaah.

Died of thirst? With all that designer water that the Saudi royals have on hand? Nobody dies of thirst anymore. Unless, of course, you're among the elderly of France, shut-in at home during an abominable heat wave without air-conditioning, without proper supervision, and while government apparatchiks and everyone else for that matter are on holiday. I'll say one thing for socialist governments; they know how to cut their costs.

Obviously, the word came from the very pinnacle of Saudi power to dispose of those already fingered by Zubaydah. How did Prince Turki survive? Maybe he was a double-agent gathering information for the Saudi bigwigs. In any event, the purge was certainly more than a show of good faith to clean-up their ranks. The Saudi leadership was not going to turn these guys over to American custody - On the contrary, they were going to make sure that we never had the opportunity to interrogate the suspects. Why? No doubt, the information trail would have led to other quarters of the royal family.

[1Old Pro]

These "trick" interrogations have been going on all the while. We have some great info on these terrorists and it will soon pay off with some MORE high profile captures.