Before he is done I fully expect him to release the names, addresses and phone numbers of anyone anywhere in the world who has ever provided any information to agency workers.
The damage to US intel will last multiple generations.
There is no intelligence in the CIA.
If they were so smart, why did those folks get whacked?
I would say the WHOLE Libya endeavor has been a blow to the United States and other non-brotherhood countries. I think they’ve loosed a dangerous mess on us.
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2011/09/ap-us-attempts-to-keep-tabs-on-libyan-scientists-091511/
Libyan WMD discovery refutes Pentagon claims
Anti-Gaddafi forces came across tons of nuclear-related materials on Thursday, which contradicts previous Pentagon assertions that all of Libya’s weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) were secure.
http://www.examiner.com/article/libyan-wmd-discovery-refutes-pentagon-claims
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“The raw uranium is considered a lower security risk by U.S. officials as it would need large-scale process and enrichment in order to be used to power a bomb. Still, the material could be an attractive target to individuals or rogue nations with the wherewithal to build a nuclear explosive, AP reported.
The U.S. State Department has dispatched specialists to Libya to meet with opposition officials and other North African governments on continuing to adhere to international nonproliferation pacts and increasing the security at border crossings to stem the feared flow of arms out of Libya.
The Obama administration is taking steps to make certain that “the governing forces in Libya have full command and control of any WMD or any security assets that the state might have had,” State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said on Tuesday.
A number of U.S. officials are worried NATO might not have adequate personnel in Libya to ensure the sensitive substances are not left vulnerable if regime troops abandon their stations. The western alliance made the decision early on in the conflict not to deploy troops on the ground.”
“As recently as last month, Human Rights Watch researchers found an unguarded weapons site with thousands of crates of rocket-propelled grenades and anti-aircraft rounds in the Libyan desert.
discovered two military compounds housing chemical weapons that an official said were ready to be assembled and used, as well as another site containing 7,000 drums of raw uranium. The officials would not give further details.”
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Weapons smuggling across the border into neighbouring Egypt “happens all day and night,” controlled by powerful clans in the area, said Adel al-Motidi, commander of the patrol units on the two countries’ border.
“We can do nothing to stop it,” he said. Among the contraband were machine guns and rocket launchers.
Israeli officials have said some of those weapons have reached the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, which shares a border with Egypt.
” in dismantling Libya’s WMD programs points toward North Korea as the source”
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Two caches with 43 anti-aircraft missiles and other weaponry have been unveiled in Algeria. Local security forces say the arsenal was smuggled in from Libya and buried near the border.
The two caches were found near the town of In Amenas, in southern Algeria on the Libyan border. That is according to Algerian daily El Watan, which cited on Monday an unnamed security official. One cache contained Russian 9K338 Igla-S (NATO reporting name SA-24 Grinch) and 9K32 Strela-2 (SA-7 Grail) shoulder-fired surface-to-air missile systems – all taken from the arsenals of Libya’s former leader, the late Muammar Gaddafi.
It is estimated that Gaddafi’s arsenals numbered some 20,000 of such missiles – the largest among non-producing countries. The main fear here is that all this deadly cargo can now be easily smuggled out of Libya by various terrorist groups, including local branches of Al-Qaeda, and then used to attack civil aviation targets anywhere in the world.
Thousands of missiles are already believed to have gone missing when Libyan rebels toppled Muammar Gaddafi and helped themselves to government stockpiles.
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The United States has sent 14 weapons experts to the country and already spent $6 million to help secure thousands of surface-to-air missiles that have gone missing since the beginning of the fighting. According to officials, the State Department is working with Congress to increase funding to $40 million.
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The discovery of the shells has prompted a probe, led by U.S. intelligence, into how the Libyans obtained them; several sources said early suspicion had fallen on Iran. “We are pretty sure we know” the shells were custom-designed and produced in Iran for Libya, said a senior U.S. official, one of several who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the accusation.
A U.S. official with access to classified information confirmed that there were “serious concerns” that Iran had provided the shells, albeit some years ago. In recent weeks, U.N. inspectors have released new information indicating that Iran has the capability to develop a nuclear bomb, a charge Iranian officials have long rejected. Confirmed evidence of Iran’s provision of the specialized shells may exacerbate international tensions over the country’s alleged pursuit of weapons of mass destruction.
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Good Job Panetta! Another “Clinton-treat-it-like-a-crime” idiot. From Center for American Progress to CIA! This Administration is a complete failure.
Petraeus.
Poison Photo-Drop .. decision to release photographs .. will imperil nation .. its defenders.I will refrain from making any comments or speculation about self-preservation instincts of wet work operatives.Before he is done I fully expect him to release the names, addresses and phone numbers of anyone anywhere in the world who has ever provided any information to agency workers.
The damage to US intel will last multiple generations.
A major blow to the CYA, as well.
And no where more so than government.
What INTELLIGENCE?
Clinton got snookered into believeing that ‘electronic monitoring’ could replace boots on the ground. It was wrong.
Hence, many, many operatives that were well placed all over the world were withdrawn.
Now—it’s one SURPRISE!! after another.
Obama had 3 days warning.
He sent them there without marines nor armed guards.
He was told of the attack and ignored thenews and went to bed and not the situation room.
Gross negligence and incompetence.
Hillary should be fired.
Obozo should resign.
Just another 0bama victory in his quest to neuter the most powerful country on the planet.