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FBI Plans To Train Saudi Intelligence
2004-07-05
The FBI plans to train Saudi intelligence in an effort to bolster its capabilities in the kingdom's war against Al Qaida.
Oh, this should work well...
An FBI team has been reviewing the requirements of Saudi intelligence and security agencies, U.S. officials said.
Lemme see, here... We've got all supervisors and no analysts...
The team has been touring several Saudi facilities and assessing the strengths of the kingdom's security and intelligence community.
... except for the Sri Lankans and Paks they hired...
Over the next year, officials said, the FBI would host an unspecified number of members of the Saudi intelligence community.
Three out of four of the Pak analysts are investigating either their cousins or themselves...
They said the Saudis would be invited as part of a U.S. effort to improve the law enforcement effort of Islamic allies of the United States.
... and the Sri Lankans are so busy fending off efforts to convert them they never get any work done...
"We need to bring people from other countries to work with us here jointly, whether it be from Indonesia or Pakistan or Saudi Arabia or elsewhere," FBI director Robert Mueller told the Council on Foreign Relations on June 22.
Six out of ten of the Soddy supervisors are being investigated by the Paks and Sri Lankans because they're on the other side...
"U.S. law enforcement will have to be aligned with our counterparts overseas, much like our military forces are aligned with their counterparts overseas."
... and two of the remaining four are from the wrong tribe, so they're not allowed to do anything of substance. The other two are planning their weekend in Abu Dhabi, so don't bother them.
Posted by:Fred

#6  None taken; I've been recently disenchanted with the FBI and the CIA myself.
Posted by: Edward Yee   2004-07-06 12:14:37 AM  

#5  I agree with Mark and Jarhead. What a waste of taxpayer $! On the bright side, the FBI training the Saudi's intelligence might inadvertedly confuse,befuddle, and dumb-ify the mole jihadists in the Saudi intelligence ranks. It is the FBI we are talking about-the gang that can't shoot straight...no personal offense intended if any RB's are FBI agents...
Posted by: rex   2004-07-05 11:54:00 PM  

#4  Isn't the FBI stepping on the State Department's toes by jumping into bed with the Saudis?
Posted by: Super Hose   2004-07-05 11:22:04 PM  

#3  I agree w/Mark E., this sounds like a pretty f*cking stupid idea. *Unless*, this is a guise to get U.S. spooks on the ground and get going on Al-Q cell breaking there.
Posted by: Jarhead   2004-07-05 10:37:17 PM  

#2  "We need to bring people from other countries to work with us here jointly, whether it be from Indonesia or Pakistan or Saudi Arabia or elsewhere," FBI director Robert Mueller told the Council on Foreign Relations on June 22.

This is pure madness!


With U.S. tax dollars ? Training Wahhabis? Wonderful! Let it fall and fall hard!
Posted by: Mark Espinola   2004-07-05 10:25:16 PM  

#1  Wow...that's an oxymoron.
Posted by: anymouse   2004-07-05 10:21:46 PM  

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