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2009-07-14 Home Front: WoT

CIA Plan Envisioned Hit Teams Killing al Qaeda Leaders

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Posted by Steve 2009-07-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 I think the only people that are pissed off about this are idiot congressional Democrats and the New York Times.

Posted by tu3031 2009-07-14 00:14|| 2009-07-14 00:14|| Front Page Top

#2 Should not the real story here be that most of the people in middle American think the CIA has been killing Al Qaeda, want them to kill Al Qaeda, and if they believe the story will be angry that the CIA has not been killing Al Qaeda up close and personal?

Posted by Donald McConnell">Donald McConnell 2009-07-14 02:37|| http://www.trinitariandon.blogspot,com]">[http://www.trinitariandon.blogspot,com] 2009-07-14 02:37|| Front Page Top

#3 Which means we're not allowed to credit the CIA with having enough sense to refrain from Rome and London ...

No, the AQ that would get whacked in Rome would've been whacked by disgruntled Mafia upset at competition in the rackets, and those whacked in London would have been whacked by other wacky Muslims upset at the rape of their teenaged sons. Etc.

Posted by Glenmore 2009-07-14 07:37|| 2009-07-14 07:37|| Front Page Top

#4 No targeted killings,the furor over collateral damage from drones, closing Gitmo, defense budget cuts, geeeez!!!!!That I pay for their salaries and generous perks infuriates me. Maybe we should outsource their jobs, along with CIA's?

Posted by Lumpy Elmoluck5091 2009-07-14 09:44|| 2009-07-14 09:44|| Front Page Top

#5 I'm pretty sure that teams of hitmen was more the OSS's kind of thing. The CIA was supposed to be less cowboy than that, more Organization Man.

And tu3031? I'm pretty sure that NPR's pissed about this too, given the earful I got from the weekend prunes on Saturday. In between the odes to the Bronx and Daniel Schorr's senile prattle, that is...

Posted by Mitch H.">Mitch H. 2009-07-14 10:16|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/]">[http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/] 2009-07-14 10:16|| Front Page Top

#6 NPR? Duly noted. You can probably throw the Post and The Boston Globe in there too.

Posted by tu3031 2009-07-14 10:44|| 2009-07-14 10:44|| Front Page Top

#7 CIA wanted to be able to take folks out in places like Rome and London. Didnt want to tell congress, cause if that leaked, Euros would be pissed as all hell. So they didnt tell, and now congress is pissed. But Congress is supposed to know about something as big and risky as this.

Dilemma either way, IMO. Whats really needed is to ensure ABSOLUTELY that the intell committees arent leaky.

Posted by liberal hawk 2009-07-14 10:46|| 2009-07-14 10:46|| Front Page Top

#8 Whats really needed is to ensure ABSOLUTELY that the intell committees arent leaky.

You aren't serious are you, hawk?

Posted by tu3031 2009-07-14 10:49|| 2009-07-14 10:49|| Front Page Top

#9 Are members of Congress drug tested?

Are any members of Congress coming to work stoned on medical grade marijuana?

Because these f-ers sure seem like all they are able to do is dawdle, dissemble, talk, and eat, just like your typical stoner.

Posted by GirlThursday 2009-07-14 11:19|| 2009-07-14 11:19|| Front Page Top

#10 Girl Thursday,
IF "all they are able to do is dawdle, dissemble, talk, and eat" we'd be WAY ahead, so let's secretly serve top-grade hash brownies in the Capitol cafeteria.

Posted by Glenmore 2009-07-14 12:32|| 2009-07-14 12:32|| Front Page Top

#11 Glenmore.

Hmm, yes, marijuana brownies could create ~~world~~ congressional peace. Peace sit in the Cafeteria!!! Bring drums or bongos if you have them!!

Posted by GirlThursday 2009-07-14 12:51|| 2009-07-14 12:51|| Front Page Top

#12 A stoned executive is the fastest path to small government (except the catering budget).

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2009-07-14 18:27|| 2009-07-14 18:27|| Front Page Top

#13 "Envisions", huh? Well, I hope they properly filed out form 3687q/6 "Envisioning Report" of their daydreams and sent them off to Congress...

Oh, and by the by - I got another captcha error due to a single-quote in a pic description. Needs work, guys.

Posted by mojo 2009-07-14 20:05|| 2009-07-14 20:05|| Front Page Top

#14 If I didn't already believe congressional dems to be a bunch of self-serving sanctimonious preening egotistical self-righteous anti-American douchebags I might actually get pissed about this.

Posted by Broadhead6 2009-07-14 23:36|| 2009-07-14 23:36|| Front Page Top

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