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| 'Jordan closer CIA ally than Mossad' | ||
| 2005-11-13 | ||
| Jordan's General Intelligence Directorate, or GID, has surpassed Israel's Mossad as the US's most effective allied counter-terrorism agency in the Middle East, The Los Angeles Times reported over the weekend. According to unnamed former CIA officials, the US provides secret financial assistance to subsidize the GID's budget, and the two intelligence agencies conduct sophisticated joint operations and routinely share information. The GID has emerged as a hub for "extraordinary renditions," the controversial, covert transfer of suspected extremists from US custody to foreign intelligence agencies, the report said. "Jordan is at the top of our list of foreign partners," Michael Scheuer, who resigned from the CIA last year, ending a 22-year career that included four years heading a unit tracking al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, was quoted as saying
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| Posted by:lotp |
| #7 no Saudi retirement plan, huh? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-11-13 21:31 |
| #6 Scheuer has been trotting himself out there quite a bit lately, and, IMHO, is stoking an agenda. A 22 year "vet" needs to keep all his options open, doncha know? |
| Posted by: Asymmetrical Triangulation 2005-11-13 20:32 |
| #5 Jordan has the best intel in some areas important to US interests. It not suprising that we have a strong relationship with them. Otherwise known as not a BFD. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet O´ Doom 2005-11-13 19:40 |
| #4 I understand all the comments above. Story passed as received. ;-) |
| Posted by: lotp 2005-11-13 15:56 |
| #3 The question is if some parts of the CIA are allies of the United States. |
| Posted by: JFM 2005-11-13 15:53 |
| #2 That's because the MOSSAD has learned from past experience it can't trust the CIA to keep the price of beer secret, much less anything else. You don't "share information" with people that give it to your enemies the next day. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2005-11-13 15:20 |
| #1 Jordan is a great player |
| Posted by: Ulomble Snalet5412 2005-11-13 14:56 |