Posted on 07/13/2009 8:59:50 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON (AFP) The US Central Intelligence Agency had a secret plan to capture or kill Al-Qaeda operatives but it was terminated by new CIA Director Leon Panetta, The Wall Street Journal said late Sunday.
Citing unnamed former intelligence officials familiar with the matter, the newspaper said the precise nature of the highly classified effort remained unclear, and the CIA would not comment on its substance.
According to current and former government officials, the agency spent money on planning and possibly some training of its operatives for the mission, the report said.
It was acting on a 2001 presidential legal finding, which authorized the CIA to pursue such efforts. But the initiative had not become fully operational at the time Panetta ended it.
Citing three unnamed former intelligence officials, The Journal said that in 2001, the CIA also examined the subject of targeted assassinations of Al-Qaeda leaders. But those discussions tapered off within six months.
Neither Panetta nor members of Congress provided details, said the Journal, adding that he quashed the CIA effort after learning about it on June 23.
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So, is Obama going to apologize to Al Qaeda? Or just their sponsors?
But killing them will only help recruit new members. Wait a second, THAT MAKES NO SENSE!
Sheesh...an Italian Buddy Hackett.
Those poor Al Quaeda operatives. Imagine being targeted just because you adhere to a death cult with the promise of 72 virgins as your reward for killing, murdering and or beheading infidels. Leon should also apologize for putting that pesky World Trade Center and the Pentagon in the way of Al Quaeda’s hijacked passenger planes. /s
But seriously, can any of you even imagine this kind of appeasment coming from the left or right back in ‘02, 03 or ‘04?
9-11-01 NEVER FORGET!
It was pretty much an open secret that Bush gave the order to kill terrorists using covert methods. Among other things, there were numerous news stories about Predator attacks on cars and houses containing terrorists. And it was understood that other means, less talked about, were being used as well.
Now the rules have changed, because the terrorists are Obama’s pals.
“The least that Osama could do for Obama is make up one of those cute thank you videos.”
zer0 and osama are probably BFFs exchanging daily tweets by now.
“9-11-01 NEVER FORGET!”
Unfortunately, too many “Americans” have. Only a repeat will re-focus their Kool-aid - addled minds.
Maybe it really is news to the Jackass Party that killing the enemy is what war is supposed to be all about -- killing people and breaking things.
Arty! You didn’t spell his name right. It’s;
Piñata
You know the Democrats are shooting for the "BIG LIE" when they trot out the mega-liar, Epstein.
Wikipedia: Operation Vengeance (include all warnings about Wikipedia not being definitive, accurate, edited, or balanced)
So when there’s an attack on American soil again, we get to blame Panetta for canceling this program, right?
Maybe send some stimulus money his way so Osama can redecorate his cave.
That’s what happens when patients take over the institution.
I was trying to think of that name, Buddy Hackett. Thanks. He looks JUST like him, LOL.
The “War on Terror” turned into the “Stern Letter of Condemnation of freedom fighters by the UN” Program. We really wouldn’t want to hurt anyone in the name of National Security, would we? If we’re nice to them, they won’t want to harm us. It worked under Clinton didn’t it?
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