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2010-01-11 Home Front: WoT

CIA director responds to criticism of agency

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Posted by Fred 2010-01-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top
File under: al-Qaeda

#1 This is quite sad.

Thanks for defending our nation brave ones.

Posted by newc 2010-01-11 02:26|| 2010-01-11 02:26|| Front Page Top

#2 A very weak and curt response, but in the classic Obama administration style of autocratic denial. It fails to address the obvious question of why an intelligence asset would not be met 'off-site' by one or two of our people. An asset I might add, who had a rather colourful if not questionable past. If anyone believes this to be an unfair question than I would ask them to examine the new, improved, post-incident procedures for conducting personal meets. Oh, those new procedures are now classified above our need-to-know. Well I would hope so.

The statement by Director Panetta, "The individual was about to be searched by our security officers - a distance away from the other ingelligence personnel..." A "safe distance" from the anxious greeting line?..obviously not. Behind blast proof Hesco barriers? Obviously not. Was the event video taped? For good reason, no one is saying. The bomber knew how many and possibly who he was going to meet and it was more than just the 1-2 man security team, probably Xe employees. Unless waved through, getting past them would be impossible, so he packed enough homemade Claymores to cover a wide area. By the way, precisely what did the bomber know, and how did he know it?

Again, it will never see the light of day, but I would certaily like to read the agency AAR and recommended corrective action(s). I suspect they contain a recommendation for all future PM's to be conducted off-site utilizing VTC or video taped sessions.

Tragic as it was, this was a well planned and executed strike and hit which specifically targeted the heart of the killer Drone's Laire and planning cell. It utilized a killing technique widely employed in the region.

Director Panetta, you are quite obviously a tool, and a poor one at that. Not properly 'schooled' in this type of work? The pain of meeting families of the dead and putting stars on a wall not what you signed up for you say? Then if no one will relieve you, RESIGN!

Posted by Besoeker 2010-01-11 05:09|| 2010-01-11 05:09|| Front Page Top

#3 "It is never that simple, and no one ignored the hazards," Panetta wrote in The Washington Post.

The CIA group may have been goosed with '...its urgent we get a top guy soon..." messages from HQ. Maybe that's the not so simple part.

Posted by lord garth 2010-01-11 06:52|| 2010-01-11 06:52|| Front Page Top

#4 You're dead on Lord Garth.

(Hey, make sure you've got us video scaling the ladder and going through the second floor window. This should be over in 5 minutes)

Waco disaster redux.

Posted by Besoeker 2010-01-11 08:20|| 2010-01-11 08:20|| Front Page Top

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