Posted on 03/15/2010 12:04:04 AM PDT by Cindy
Lots of innocent people there too, lets leave the bombing to the Presidents political mentor and ghost writer.
www.samaa.tv/News17995-US_official_set_up_unit_to_kill_militants_NYT.aspx
SAMAA News (International)
“US official set up unit to kill militants: NYT”
Upadated on: 15 Mar 10 01:03 PM
WASHINGTON:
SNIPPET: “Some officials told the Times it was unclear whether Furlong’s program resulted in militants’ deaths, but others involved in the operation said it did.
Quoting officials, the paper reported that Furlong’s operation seems to have been shut down, and he is now is the subject of a criminal investigation by the Defense Department for a number of possible offenses, including contract fraud. AGENCIES”
Yes, it is odd.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62E0T020100315
“U.S. official set up unit to kill Afghan militants: report”
WASHINGTON
Mon Mar 15, 2010 2:07am EDT
(Reuters) -
SNIPPET: “The Times said the story was based on interviews with American military and intelligence officials, and businessmen in the region. The sources requested anonymity, the paper said, because the case is under investigation.
Some U.S. officials interviewed by the Times said they became troubled that Furlong seemed to be running an off-the-books spy operation.”
SNIPPET: “Col. Kathleen Cook, a spokeswoman for United States Strategic Command which oversees Furlong’s work, did not make Furlong available for an interview, according to the Times.
Contractor and author Robert Young Pelton told the paper that the U.S. government hired him to gather information about Afghanistan, but Furlong improperly used his work.”
"Contractor and author Robert Young Pelton told the paper that the U.S. government hired him to gather information about Afghanistan, but Furlong improperly used his work.”
Um, we don’t need any help from the commies on this kind of stuff, we simply need folks who will stand up and call a spade a spade and trumpet the American Way. Most reasonable people have been cowed into silence because of how the left has taken over most institutions and created the perception that tolerance of even the most vile anti americanism is correct behavior. We aught to be banging in the streets... well, we are, its called the Tea Party, and I have a notion that it is only going to get louder and louder... I’m there with it, you there with it? Ya’ll there with it?
Treasonous Times, at it again!
When has it NOT been?
with the purpose of finding and killing suspected militantsIs he accepting donations? Thanks Cindy.
Previously...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2471105/posts
Contractors Tied to Effort to Track and Kill Militants
NY Times ^ | 3/15/2010 | Dexter Filkins
Posted on March 14, 2010 8:57:30 PM PDT by Saije
Under the cover of a benign government information-gathering program, a Defense Department official set up a network of private contractors in Afghanistan and Pakistan to help track and kill suspected militants, according to military officials and businessmen in Afghanistan and the United States.
The official, Michael D. Furlong, hired contractors from private security companies that employed former C.I.A. and Special Forces operatives. The contractors, in turn, gathered intelligence on the whereabouts of suspected militants and the location of insurgent camps, and the information was then sent to military units and intelligence officials for possible lethal action in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the officials said.
While it has been widely reported that the C.I.A. and the military are attacking operatives of Al Qaeda and others through unmanned, remote-controlled drone strikes, some American officials say they became troubled that Mr. Furlong seemed to be running an off-the-books spy operation. The officials say they are not sure who condoned and supervised his work.
It is generally considered illegal for the military to hire contractors to act as covert spies. Officials said Mr. Furlong’s secret network might have been improperly financed by diverting money from a program designed to merely gather information about the region.***
Officials say Mr. Furlong’s operation seems to have been shut down, and he is now is the subject of a criminal investigation by the Defense Department for a number of possible offenses, including contract fraud.
Even in a region of the world known for intrigue, Mr. Furlong’s story stands out. At times, his operation featured a mysterious American company run by retired Special Operations officers and an iconic C.I.A. figure who had a role in some of the agency’s most famous episodes, including the Iran-Contra affair.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
http://bigjournalism.com/bthor/2010/03/16/the-new-york-times-and-the-cias-sour-grapes-of-wrath/
“The New York Times and the CIA’s Sour Grapes of Wrath”
Posted by Brad Thor Mar 16th 2010 at 2:44 pm in CIA, Featured Story, New York Times | Comments (38)
SNIPPET: “I never thought I’d live to see the day when my daughter’s grade school newspaper had higher journalistic standards than the New York Times, but perhaps I just don’t dream big enough.”
SNIPPET: “To that end, the latest axe-grinders granted access to the once venerable, now wrinkled Gray Lady’s anemic subscribership are Canadian Robert Young Pelton and anti-US military, ex-CNN News exec, Eason Jordan.”
SNIPPET: “Having cut off its own testicles, our CIA solemnly proclaims that no one else should be entitled to testicles either.
The management and leadership of the Central Intelligence Agency need to take note: the only balls America has authorized you to cut off are those of our enemies. It’s high time you grow a new pair and get back to the work we’re paying you to do.
And while you’re at it, dump the hangers on like Pelton and Jordan. Even if you are driving this narrative, anti-military and stone-throwing-foreign types make us look weak.
Finally, you may find this hard to believe, but we still see all of you at Langley as our Superheroes. Please start acting like it.”
Read the whole article please.
#
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/03/16/spy.probe/";
“Pentagon probes alleged ad hoc spy ring”
By Barbara Starr, CNN
March 17, 2010 — Updated 0306 GMT (1106 HKT)
SNIPPET: “Michael Furlong, a Defense official who oversaw contracts, declines to talk to CNN
One of three companies hired in the program run by former CNN exec, Eason Jordan
Jordan: Company gathering only open-source info under contract overseen by Furlong”
Washington (CNN) —
SNIPPET: “The source close to Furlong told CNN he did nothing wrong.
Furlong “doesn’t do anything with targeting or vetting. He just takes open-sources information and provides it to the intelligence community if he thinks its of interest to them,” the source said.”
I wish there was, but I couldn’t find any “donate here” pages.
WASHINGTON EXAMINER.com: Peshawar, Pakistan - "TALIBAN INTERNET RECRUITING THROUGH THE EYES OF A DETAINEE" by Sara Carter (SNIPPET: "The young Taliban detainee, shackled at the wrists, with his head covered with a black canvas bag, was chillingly clear about his life's mission: "The Taliban have only one objective: to continue killing the Americans." The tools this particular terrorist had adopted to accomplish that goal were not suicide bombs or sniper rifles, but laptop computers and other high-tech equipment. The purpose of his Taliban cell was to reach potential recruits online over the Internet.") (March 16, 2010)
DAWN.com: "U.S. PERSONNEL FACING THREAT, AMBASSADOR TELLS FM" by Mohammad Asghar [Pakistan] (SNIPPET: "The US ambassador has expressed concern over 'security threats' to American personnel in Pakistan and said that any attack on American diplomats in Lahore might have 'alarming' effects on bilateral relations. According to sources, Ambassador Anne W. Patterson has written a letter to Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, saying that she is concerned about some media reports in which residences leased by some Americans in Lahore have been identified. She termed the reporting 'irresponsible' and said it was posing threats to US citizens living in the provincial capital. She said the US mission in Pakistan had been receiving information about terror threats from various sources, including its own intelligence.") (March 15, 2010)
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Ditto.
The same guy. Some follow-up:
‘Journalists’ Pelton and Jordan Get All Wet Carrying Water For Inept CIA
http://bigjournalism.com/bthor/2010/03/21/journalists-pelton-and-jordan-get-all-wet-carrying-water-for-inept-cia/
The New York Times and the CIA’s Sour Grapes of Wrath
http://bigjournalism.com/bthor/2010/03/16/the-new-york-times-and-the-cias-sour-grapes-of-wrath/
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