Posted on 08/06/2004 11:32:40 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Just looked at this mornings story in the LA Times , which is lengthy , titled:
U.S. Accuses British Man of Terrorist Conspiracy. Prosecutors seeking extradition say he had classified data on a Navy group's mission.
Babar Ahmad, a 30 year-old college employee arrested by British authorities Thursday was described as a cousin of suspected Al Queda member Mohammed Naeem Noor Khan -- whose recent arrest in Pakistan triggered a spate of terrorism alerts last weekend in New York, new jersey and Washington.
And Pakistan says Khan is an agent????
I don't think so!!!!!
The Brits have also been critical of us for releasing too much information about captured terrorists, and their associated equipment and documents. We all know that the Administration is in a tight spot: media scrutiny of every mistake, bogus claims that we're "losing" the WOT. But sometimes you have to measure the short term political gain of publicizing a big capture against the potential for future damage to our enemies if the information is withheld (and acted upon later). Are we going to kill the goose that could continue to lay "golden eggs" of intel down the road?
U.S. Accuses British Man of Terrorist Conspiracy (Had plans of classified Naval group movements )
In this story we have this:
Babar Ahmad, a 30-year-old college employee arrested by British authorities Thursday, was described as a cousin of suspected Al Qaeda member Mohammed Naeem Noor Khan whose recent arrest in Pakistan triggered a spate of terrorism alerts last weekend in New York, New Jersey and Washington.
See the latest notes here and the link.
So at the urging of the U.S. to "get tough on the terrorists", the Paks arrested our guy - by pure luck, no doubt.
Then we had to tell them he was one of ours. No doubt in my mind that it was the Paks who called the NYT.
BTTT
One of our guys?
That would be a feather in Bushes cap...
No wonder this is so confusing.
Wait a minute, the LA Times is saying that Khan is a cousin of Babar Ahmad who is a definite bad guy!
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