The capture of a top Taliban commander may mark a crucial turning point in the Afghan war.
American Press Corps Again Misses The Target In C.I.A. Bombing Investigation
January 10, 2010 By Leave a Comment
I just can not stay away from the story of the December 30 suicide bombing at a C.I.A. base in Khost, Afghanistan, which killed seven American C.I.A. agents, injured six others, and killed al-Balawi’s “handler” Sharif Ali bin-Zeid, a Captain in the Jordanian intelligence service. Maybe there’s still some police detective left in me, even [...]
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Jordanian Double-Agent Burns USA – Can We Trust The Jordanians Any Further?
January 9, 2010 By Leave a Comment
During my twenty year law enforcement career, which I assure you was not anything like James Bond’s movies, I learned that in gathering either intelligence or evidentiary information from a snitch, a mole, a rat, or whatever term you prefer, there sometimes comes a point in the work where the snitch is no longer reliable [...]
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Reuel Marc Gerecht: The Meaning of al Qaeda’s Double Agent – WSJ.com
January 8, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The recent death in Afghanistan of seven American counterterrorist officers, one Jordanian intelligence operative, and one exploding al Qaeda double agent ought to give us cause to reflect on the real capabilities of the Central Intelligence Agency and al Qaeda. The report card isn’t good. America’s systemic intelligence problems were partially on display in the [...]
