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India-Pakistan
CIA Rushing Resources to Bin Laden Hunt
2007-03-06
Although never publicly acknowledged, Pakistan has permitted CIA teams to secretly operate inside Pakistan. Pakistan officials say they are aware that CIA teams have increased their presence in northern Waziristan since last September when Pakistan withdrew its troops from the area under a much-criticized "peace deal" with tribal leaders.
Armed with fresh intelligence, the CIA is moving additional man power and equipment into Pakistan in the effort to find Osama bin Laden and his deputy Ayman al Zawahri, U.S. officials tell ABC News. "Reports that the trail has gone stone cold are not correct," said one U.S. official. "We are very much increasing our efforts there," the official said.

People familiar with the CIA operation say undercover officers with paramilitary training have been ordered into Pakistan and the area across the border with Afghanistan as part of the ramp-up. Although never publicly acknowledged, Pakistan has permitted CIA teams to secretly operate inside Pakistan. Pakistan officials say they are aware that CIA teams have increased their presence in northern Waziristan since last September when Pakistan withdrew its troops from the area under a much-criticized "peace deal" with tribal leaders.

Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell testified last week that current intelligence "to the best of our knowledge" puts both bin Laden and al Zawahri in Pakistan. It was the first time a high-ranking U.S. official publicly identified Pakistan as bin Laden's hiding place. Past intelligence has indicated that bin Laden often changed locations in March, traveling to hiding places in the mountains once the snow cover begins to melt.
Posted by:Fred

#14  ABC is giving this and similar stories a lot of play.
Posted by: JohnQC   2007-03-06 17:19  

#13  I question the timing.
Posted by: Shipman   2007-03-06 16:58  

#12  Question, why make this info public?

Perv has taken some political hits lately and this shows he is playing ball with the US. There is probably a large FMS case in front of congress right now and Perv wants to be seen favorable.
Posted by: 49 Pan   2007-03-06 16:06  

#11  Question, why make this info public?
Posted by: Icerigger   2007-03-06 15:11  

#10  PlanetDan: I think you misspelled 'pieces' as 'pics.'

wonder if this is residual
Cheney-was-here-itis....
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2007-03-06 14:29  

#9  It would kind of cool to have Ayman and binny at Gitmo for the following reasons;

-- to see which US law firms take them as clients

-- to listen to the NGOs, leftists, tranzis, etc. complain that these two aren't getting enough hallel food, prayer rugs and whatnot

-- to have the Commander Gitmo say "well we haven't been able to get much intel out of them, too bad we can't use aggressive questioning"
Posted by: mhw   2007-03-06 12:14  

#8  Somehow it seems to me that we shouldn't be reading about this if ABC News had any sense of responsibility.

But then, that's how I felt the last 20 times that I've read about Bin Laden's "impending doom" over the last 5 and a half years.
Posted by: AuburnTom   2007-03-06 11:48  

#7  CIA is moving additional man power and equipment into Pakistan
Anybody seen Plame picking up the twins lately? Or does Joe usually "do the time" in the kiddee pick up line?
Posted by: Capsu 78   2007-03-06 11:43  

#6  Clearly this another "WagTheBush" trick.
Posted by: TomAnon   2007-03-06 11:25  

#5  Either that or they blame Bush . . .
the Dems will say that . . .
Would love to see the dhemmis . . .

frankly, let's just catch the bastard first. I don't care about blame or credit. I just want that f**ker in our custody. lots of pics. Preferably with him lookin' scared. And unlike some, I'd love for him to have to go to Guantanamo and sit in a cell like all the others, simply treated like the POS that he is.
Posted by: PlanetDan   2007-03-06 11:05  

#4  The other possibility is that if we catch Binny and Zaw, that the Dems will say that we have al Q and we can all go home now. Then they will cut the military budget and spend it on pork and claim the victory. Or something like that. The Dems are more insidious an enemy than al Q because at least you know where you stand with al Q. And I am not kidding about this.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2007-03-06 10:51  

#3  Either that or they blame Bush of rolling him out right before the election to make the Democrats look bad. 'Cuz we have him in a secret prison under DIA. He is a CIA plant, after all.
Posted by: DarthVader   2007-03-06 10:24  

#2  It would take the starch out of the democrats sails if Binny or Zawahri were nabbed between now and election time. Would love to see the dhemmis scrambling to spin that story.

I can see it now:

"CIA operatives operating illegally in Pakistan nab high ranking AQ representative." The story would go on to blame Pres. Bush and talk about how evil America is in the WOT. There would be ample reminders of Afghanistan prison abuses and Guantanamo, ya da ya da ya da... More at 6:00 p.m."
Posted by: JohnQC   2007-03-06 10:21  

#1  Pakis move out, Binny thinks he has a kingdom, Wet Teams move in. This might get good.
Posted by: Icerigger   2007-03-06 06:49  

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