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2007-05-22 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Bush Authorizes New Covert Action Against Iran

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Posted by Anonymoose 2007-05-22 21:28|| || Front Page|| [11141 views ] Top

#1 Why is this on effing news? Why then the wording has not been adjusted from covert to overt?

Posted by twobyfour 2007-05-22 22:01|| 2007-05-22 22:01|| Front Page Top

#2 Wouldn't bother me in the least if it were true. However, the story has kind of a smell about it.

Posted by JohnQC 2007-05-22 22:12|| 2007-05-22 22:12|| Front Page Top

#3 The CIA has received secret presidential approval to mount a covert "black" operation to destabilize the Iranian government, current and former officials in the intelligence community tell the Blotter on ABCNews.com.

Aren't you glad these bozo journalists weren't around during WWII:

"US Cracks Japanese Naval Codes"

"D-Day Invasion of Normandy Set For June 6th"

Posted by DMFD 2007-05-22 22:19|| 2007-05-22 22:19|| Front Page Top

#4 I have a hard time believing anything coming out of the CIA.

Posted by Penguin 2007-05-22 22:20|| 2007-05-22 22:20|| Front Page Top

#5 the source of the leak is buried in the report:

""Presidential findings" are kept secret but reported to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and other key congressional leaders."

Posted by crosspatch 2007-05-22 22:27|| 2007-05-22 22:27|| Front Page Top

#6 Leaking the news that Americans won't do? Must be an illegal.

Posted by Phineter Thraviger1073 2007-05-22 22:43|| 2007-05-22 22:43|| Front Page Top

#7 Interesting angle over at the American Future blog (one of the best blogs on the net BTW):

Tomorrow, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is expected to confirm Irans rapid progress in advancing its uranium enrichment program.

Is it a coincidence, then, that ABC News chose today to report, based on information obtained from current and former officials in the intelligence community, that the CIA has received secret presidential approval to mount a covert black operation to destabilize the Iranian government? Was this information leaked with or without the Administrations approval? We wont know until the Administration reacts (or doesnt react) to the disclosure.

Posted by crosspatch 2007-05-22 22:49|| 2007-05-22 22:49|| Front Page Top

#8 Why wasn't this done 25 or so years ago?

Posted by CrazyFool 2007-05-22 23:32|| 2007-05-22 23:32|| Front Page Top

#9 HUUUUWWWAAAAHHH!!!!

Wanna play destablize through third parties?? Two can tango to that tune, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad .

Posted by Lonzo Thavitle3624 2007-05-22 23:38|| 2007-05-22 23:38|| Front Page Top

#10 Hey, 25 years late, on-time or six months ahead of schedule, who cares? All I ask is that we please get the hell going with this. Potentially, millions of lives depend upon this, American and Muslim alike. Toppling Iran's Islamic Theocracy is job #1.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-05-22 23:45|| 2007-05-22 23:45|| Front Page Top

#11 Agreed. Time to give them a taste of their own medicine.

Posted by CrazyFool 2007-05-22 23:57|| 2007-05-22 23:57|| Front Page Top

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