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CIA Had Secret Plan To Kill Al Qaeda Honchos
Posted here because a) a Finding is a Legal Term indicating direction and informing by teh POTUS, DCI, and Congress, and b) The Donks are totally lying to cover for Pelosi's lies and would throw the CIA and National Security under the bus for their own craven political cover, and c) WTF? Panetta killed this? That'll be a winning position for the Donks. *spit*A secret Central Intelligence Agency initiative terminated by Director Leon Panetta was an attempt to carry out a 2001 presidential authorization to capture or kill al Qaeda operatives, according to former intelligence officials familiar with the matter. The precise nature of the highly classified effort isn't clear, and the CIA won't comment on its substance. According to current and former government officials, the agency spent money on planning and possibly some training. It was acting on a 2001 presidential legal pronouncement, known as a finding, which authorized the CIA to pursue such efforts. The initiative hadn't become fully operational at the time Mr. Panetta ended it. Posted by: Frank G 2009-07-13 |
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