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Home Front: WoT
Name of New Head of CIA Operations for Iran Leaked to NYT, what did they do?
2017-06-03
[PJ] Why, they published it, of course. What else did you expect?
WASHINGTON -- He is known as the Dark Prince or Ayatollah Mike, nicknames he earned as the Central Intelligence Agency officer who oversaw the hunt for Osama bin Laden and the American drone strike campaign that killed thousands of Islamist militants and hundreds of civilians.

Now the official, ------- -------, has a new job. He is running the C.I.A.’s Iran operations, according to current and former intelligence officials, an appointment that is the first major sign that the Trump administration is invoking the hard line the president took against Iran during his campaign.
Yes, I blanked out his name. Yes, you can see it in the Times article. And yes, I know the Times had publicized his name in the past.
Posted by:Besoeker

#10  
Posted by: Crinegum Ulaigum2776   2017-06-03 15:40  

#9  Someone needs shot over this. An act like this is borderline treason and definitely puts the man's life at risk.
Posted by: DarthVader   2017-06-03 15:23  

#8  I thing NYC and CIA are equally bad for America. Glad to see them feasting on each other.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2017-06-03 11:57  

#7  You have to ask yourself, did they intend to commit treason and endanger his family and impede his work?
Posted by: gorb   2017-06-03 10:41  

#6  Someone inside the IC felt this guy was too hard a threat against Iran. That someone needs to be found and dealt with very harshly. This is betrayal at the level of treason, even for democrats. As for the NYT, they are scum....
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2017-06-03 10:07  

#5  Leaking the identity of a spy got a Bush official time in the pokey, even though said spy or spies had themselves self identified before the event. Time to haul the NYT reporters again before a grand jury. We have precedent.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2017-06-03 09:35  

#4  Don't they think at the NYT or is it taken for granted the CIA has no secrets that Iran already doesn't know ? Perhaps it was common knowledge that Iran already knew?

Even IF they Iranian Intel people don't know, they know now. The NYT is so friendly and loyal to American interests. The NYT is a fountain of patriotism as everyone is well aware.
Posted by: Clem Platypus9719   2017-06-03 07:45  

#3  Make him 'Mike the Plumber' and assign him to stop the leaks by any means necessary.
Posted by: Airandee    2017-06-03 06:46  

#2  What did he do Besoeker - actually got the job done?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2017-06-03 05:16  

#1  Somebody at Main does not like him.
Posted by: Besoeker   2017-06-03 04:50  

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