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2015-03-29 Arabia

Iranians loot CIA files left behind in Yemen

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Posted by frozen al 2015-03-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 They didn't have a bonfire before they left?

Posted by chris 2015-03-29 01:02|| 2015-03-29 01:02|| Front Page Top

#2 If you're running bilateral operations with the host-nation and they go down, get overrun etc, bad stuff happens.

Posted by Besoeker 2015-03-29 01:32|| 2015-03-29 01:32|| Front Page Top

#3 Why keep paper files? In this day and age that's just plain stupid. Why not have a system that destroys this information at the press of a button.

Posted by Woodrow Stalin1308 2015-03-29 04:47|| 2015-03-29 04:47|| Front Page Top

#4 What, no thermite left. I personally remember them laying around the vault (usually on top of the file cabinets) ready for use.

Posted by pastmaster of the obvious 2015-03-29 07:06|| 2015-03-29 07:06|| Front Page Top

#5 To help the Iranians they marked the best file "Snowden"

Posted by airandee 2015-03-29 08:03|| 2015-03-29 08:03|| Front Page Top

#6 I seem to remember the Iranians doing something similar about 36 years ago.

Saw pictures of documents reconstructed from shredder waste.

Posted by AlanC 2015-03-29 08:04|| 2015-03-29 08:04|| Front Page Top

#7 I seem to remember the Iranians doing something similar about 36 years ago.

History is a stubborn b*tch.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-03-29 09:55|| 2015-03-29 09:55|| Front Page Top

#8 Why not have a system that destroys this information at the press of a button.

You would think they could have just borrowed Hillary's.

Posted by Matt 2015-03-29 10:49|| 2015-03-29 10:49|| Front Page Top

#9 "Awright guys, let's pretend that Trey Gowdy has just issued a subpoena for these documents. You know the drill."

Snark of the day.

Posted by Matt 2015-03-29 10:56|| 2015-03-29 10:56|| Front Page Top

#10 I posted this 4 days! ago. It must've got lost.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2015-03-29 11:02|| 2015-03-29 11:02|| Front Page Top

#11 Apologies BP. We just received approval for posting from the Klingon Publication Review Board (PRB) yesterday.

Posted by Besoeker 2015-03-29 11:20|| 2015-03-29 11:20|| Front Page Top

#12 I recall a recent story that the Houthis had looted Yemen interior ministry files that contained information about CIA informants and such, because my response was that at least they didn't get the actual CIA files. But we do sometimes make mistakes. Sorry, Bright Pebbles.

Posted by trailing wife 2015-03-29 11:50|| 2015-03-29 11:50|| Front Page Top

#13 Left very quickly with no "Go to hell plan?" Not surprised after Benghazi. Characteristic of this administration who views the American people as more of a threat than our foes in the M.E.

Posted by JohnQC 2015-03-29 17:45|| 2015-03-29 17:45|| Front Page Top

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