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2014-12-21 Home Front: WoT

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Posted by Steve White 2014-12-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Valerie is that you?

Posted by Mikey Hunt 2014-12-21 01:18|| 2014-12-21 01:18|| Front Page Top

#2 Incidentally, the guys that ran the program swear up and down the "torture' they used produced results.
Perhaps it wasn't torture after all.

Posted by Mikey Hunt 2014-12-21 01:20|| 2014-12-21 01:20|| Front Page Top

#3 The gov't race for gender equality and the shattering of so-called glass ceilings didn't pan out so well at FOB Chapman either.

A Failure to Follow Security Procedures:
Had proper security procedures been followed, the attack should only have killed the security contractors, the vehicle driver and perhaps the Jordanian GID officer. But proper security measures were not followed, and several CIA officers rushed out to greet the unscreened Jordanian source. Reports indicate that the source had alerted his Jordanian handler that he had intelligence pertaining to the location of al Qaeda second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahiri. (There are also reports that al-Balawi had given his handlers highly accurate battle damage assessments on drone strikes in Pakistan, indicating that he had access to high-level jihadist sources.) The prospect of finally receiving such crucial and long-sought information likely explains the presence of the high-profile visitors from CIA headquarters in Langley and the station in Kabul — and their exuberance over receiving such coveted intelligence probably explains their eager rush to meet the source before he had been properly screened.

Interestingly, the late Jennifer Mathews was also blamed for 9/11 failures.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-12-21 03:40|| 2014-12-21 03:40|| Front Page Top

#4 Three cheers for affirmative action!

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2014-12-21 11:51|| 2014-12-21 11:51|| Front Page Top

#5 I couldn't find it archived, but I do remember reading some open source traffic about the Chief of Post at Chapman [Mathews] being in direct coms with the White House situation room. As you may recall, there was an election approaching and the heat was on to locate UBL.

I seem to recall Mathews being an 'analyst' vs. a trained Case Officer (CO). This may, or may not have had something to do with throwing caution to the wind, which resulted in a disastrous meeting with the source.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-12-21 12:01|| 2014-12-21 12:01|| Front Page Top

#6 Mathews was an analyst.

The failure to perform normal security protocols was another significant failure.

Posted by Pappy 2014-12-21 12:24|| 2014-12-21 12:24|| Front Page Top

#7 The failure to perform normal security protocols was another significant failure. Posted by Pappy

Exackery! I don't recall 'Normal security protocals' or tradecraft for a PM ever including a huddle or 'meet and greet' around the source's approaching vehicle. It pains me to say it, but you've got to give the bad guys credit.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-12-21 12:32|| 2014-12-21 12:32|| Front Page Top

#8 I'm wondering how much of the waiver of common sense was "suggested" and eagerly taken up by the COP and staff, or if it was self-inflicted.

Posted by Pappy 2014-12-21 15:20|| 2014-12-21 15:20|| Front Page Top

#9 Excellent question. My guess is.... self inflicted. But that is only a guess. From my readings, it appears they lost some very good employees. That Memorial Wall needed no more stars.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-12-21 16:41|| 2014-12-21 16:41|| Front Page Top

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