What's the deal? WHY do we have to blab about this stuff publically and NAME NAMES? This is the first story I've actually had time to read tonite, but I've been hearing about it all day in news snippets. Is there someything I'm missing other than this was a big blunder?
"What's the deal? WHY do we have to blab about this stuff publically and NAME NAMES? This is the first story I've actually had time to read tonite, but I've been hearing about it all day in news snippets. Is there someything I'm missing other than this was a big blunder?"
Could it be that somebody is trying to set President Bush up with leaking "intel" to see what his response would be?
The nation is alerted that something may be up, and the first responder for the JFKerry team, Howie Dean say it is ancient news, and done for political gain.
Then it becomes a game of political hand ball to see who will say what next.
Guess what somebody has leaked a "secret" agent's name, wonder who does stuff like this....
I smell a rat operation....
Don't have an answer, but they were talking about it on the thread linked to at post #10.
Think i will call it a night!
1) It's clear from the British reaction that, in fact, there was a need to move VERY quickly on this stuff.
2) Trust me, I don't know what it is, but there is a REASON they slipped this guy's name out there. One possible reason is that they want the terrorists to know specifically that they had been compormised and to MOVE.
Movement is the easiest way to catch a "sleeper" or someone in a cell. You can track car rentals, plane tickets, motels, etc. It's certainly not 100% effective, but like a sniper waiting for a target, if he moves he is much more vulnerable than when he is still.
3) It is highly likely that this guy's name was already "out there" via Pakistan and there is a blame game going on.
All I know is that while the FBI has a habit of doing crap like this, I don't think Ridge's boys do.
My guess is that a leftist within the intell community has leaked this to make it look as if Bush's men are stupid. Remember what matters to the left is not if we are safe, but are they in power. The left will gladly surrender lives and help OBL if it means getting what they want. To them the ends justify the means. Our lives mean nothing to them. Just ask 50,000,000 dead in the former Soviet Union!
WHY do we have to blab about this stuff publically and NAME NAMES?
Exactly what I thought! While most folks here I'm a nosey person, and what to know what's going on, BUT we don't really need to know this...until the operation is finished.