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CIA spies drowned on secret mission to track Chinese military with pod disguised as rock in South China Sea
The Sun ^
| 09/23/2020
| Michael Evans
Posted on 09/23/2020 11:39:09 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
To: SeekAndFind
Why do the have to broadcast the mission?
Now the Chinese will be watching for the replacement team.
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posted on
09/23/2020 11:57:54 AM PDT
by
BuffaloJack
(Neither safety nor security exists in nature. Everything is dangerous and has risk.)
To: SeekAndFind
Huh, it's like we have never done anything like this before, or had it done to us.
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posted on
09/23/2020 11:59:56 AM PDT
by
Abathar
(Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
To: SeekAndFind
Maybe it was leaked to find a leaker.
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posted on
09/23/2020 12:00:55 PM PDT
by
marron
To: libh8er
It happened in 2008. It was designed to run the same day Trump spoke at the UN earlier this week.
To: Professional
My first thought. WTH leaked this?
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posted on
09/23/2020 12:01:51 PM PDT
by
Seruzawa
(TANSTAAFL!)
To: Professional
For several reasons, possibly. Reason 1, to let the chinese know that we know everything they do in the SCS, as a deterrent to them starting trouble in the region. Reason 2, the technology talked about is now obsolete and has been replaced by better technology. Reason 3, maybe the chinese navy will waste a lot of money and time looking for eavesdropping equipment disguised as rocks or something else.
There could be a lot of other reasons too, these are just a few, and besides it happened in 2008 (supposedly) so knowing this is not really of much value to the chinse anymore. Besides we have better systems now that do that kind of eavesdropping, and more.
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posted on
09/23/2020 12:02:01 PM PDT
by
fatman6502002
((The Team The Team The Team - Bo Schembechler circa 1969))
To: SeekAndFind
The mission had no officials link to the American government, and was planned so that it would be deniable in the event the group was found and detained.
The Secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions.
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posted on
09/23/2020 12:03:22 PM PDT
by
Buckeye McFrog
(Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
To: SeekAndFind
I'll never look at rocks in the ocean the same way again.
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posted on
09/23/2020 12:07:18 PM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
("And oft conducted by historic truth, We tread the long extent of backward time.")
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
09/23/2020 12:14:25 PM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
To: Professional
This was not 'leaked' for the general public. This was a notice to the Chinese.
This mission failed, but you don't know how many succeeded and how much we know or how much information is still being gathered.
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posted on
09/23/2020 12:22:21 PM PDT
by
Wizdum
To: Wizdum
It could also be setting the stage for Trump to start clearing house at the intel agencies in his second term. Tales of past incompetence always make that task easier.
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posted on
09/23/2020 12:25:07 PM PDT
by
Buckeye McFrog
(Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
The men were reportedly caught in a tropical storm while attempting to place the device, which had been disguised to resemble a rock<<< And why is this being released to the public with all these details? And why at this time?
Sounds like those fake rocks used for hiding keys.
"The name "Higos" is the Chamorro word for fig."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_Storm_Higos_(2008)
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posted on
09/23/2020 12:27:55 PM PDT
by
Ezekiel
(The pun is mightier than the s-word. Goy to the World!)
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
09/23/2020 12:30:04 PM PDT
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
To: SeekAndFind
Sounds like a bad Get Smart script....
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posted on
09/23/2020 1:06:30 PM PDT
by
G Larry
(There is no merit in compromising with the Devil.)
To: SuperLuminal
Who is responsible for this leak?
**************
Prolly one of Obama’s people. Several obvious possibilities.
To: SeekAndFind
“The mission had no officials link to the American government, and was planned so that it would be deniable in the event the group was found and detained.”
Whelp! So much for that cover story! I see that it’s Sun.UK who got fed the info. How has a pipeline to them?
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posted on
09/23/2020 2:37:07 PM PDT
by
Tallguy
(Facts be d@mned! The narrative must be protected at all costs!)
To: Tallguy
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posted on
09/23/2020 2:38:49 PM PDT
by
Tallguy
(Facts be d@mned! The narrative must be protected at all costs!)
To: SeekAndFind
The Chinese will be turning over rocks on the shore lines for years to come.
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posted on
09/23/2020 3:43:47 PM PDT
by
Wu
(Excuse me while I kiss the sky......)
To: Professional
And why is this being released to the public with all these details?To make CHINA appear to be both the "villan" and "culpable" in the eyes of the American public.
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