[MindBender26]

These missions have been going on for years. There is nothing new here, and nothing the Iranians haven't known about for years too.

The message is simple.

"When we want to do something re: Iran (or the rest of SWA); we will. Technical intel gathering, humint operator insertions and recovery, covert paramilitary action, overt military action; it doesn't matter. When we want to; we will."

[Woodworker]

Could also be first fruits of Porter Goss's cleanup at the CIA, a disgruntled ex-employee "gruntling" to Seymour Hersh.