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To: mware

I'm sure they can't read that fast. And besides from what I have seen they read and write ebonics or some sort of language.


1,126 posted on 09/10/2006 6:13:33 PM PDT by tiki
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To: tiki

Michael Scheuer, former CIA agent who is opposed to the war in Iraq but has said in recent days that the Clinton administration had 10 opportunities to take out OBL, is portrayed in this movie as Alec.

Clarke has also exchanged criticism with Michael Scheuer, former chief of the bin Laden Unit at the Counterterrorist Center at the CIA. When asked to respond to Clarke's claim that Scheuer was "a hothead, a middle manager who really didn't go to any of the cabinet meetings," Scheuer returned the criticism as follows: "I certainly agree with the fact that I didn't go to the cabinet meetings. But I'm certainly also aware that I'm much better informed than Mr. Clarke ever was about the nature of the intelligence that was available against Osama bin Laden and which was consistently denigrated by himself and Mr. Tenet."[7] Matthew Continetti writes: "Scheuer believes that Clarke’s risk aversion and politicking negatively impacted the hunt for Bin Laden prior to September 11, 2001. Scheuer stated that his unit, codename 'Alec,' had provided information that could have led to the capture and or killing of Osama bin Laden on ten different occasions, only to have his recommendations for action turned down by senior intelligence officials, including Clarke."[8] Despite this heated exchange, Scheuer agrees with Clarke's main thesis that the invasion of Iraq was a fatal diversion from the war against al Qaeda.


1,149 posted on 09/10/2006 6:16:14 PM PDT by Peach (The Clintons pardoned more terrorists than they captured or killed.)
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