Western spy chiefs head for the hills

The Times ^ | April 24 2017 | Bernard Lagan

[Gritty]

Why do these two pompous asses have to ride in separate gazillion dollar jets...

Security concerns.

[GOPJ]

How does the Times know that Comey and Pompeo arrived there in “unmarked jets”?

Probably the same way it was discovered Clinton was meeting with Lynch... someone tipped them off.

[House Atreides]

It looks like his wife. But not clear or detailed enough to be sure.

[The Westerner]

Thanks.

[LucyT]

Ping to article, comments, photo.

[SE Mom]

I wonder how often, if at all, these little visits happen. It seems like a big deal.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Probably more often than we know of.

[Jimmy Valentine]

If they can track the tail numbers the jets are not “unmarked”. I would have used a phony number. Fake Liberian?

[mad_as_he$$]

“...identified by its US registration as being operated by the CIA “

Sure it isn’t “Air America”? I need some actual proof to buy that line. Why isn’t the tail number given?

[danamco]

As far away from the U.S. as you can get, down under, except for Antarctic !!! WHY ???

[TigerLikesRooster]

Revelation on surveillance of politicians and loss of prized hacking software of CIA and NSA, finding their way to Wikileaks, must have driven them to get together and plot a new strategy. They have to plug leaks, hunt moles, and take down sites like Wikileaks.

[danamco]

They don’t need to pollute the global warming atmosphere with long airplane ride’s exhaustions and unnecessary burning lots of fuel. They can do it from the place in Virginia ???

[ColdOne]

Interesting...wonder why they picked that place to meet?

[AppyPappy]

I thought it was Tasmania as the last stop

[Vermont Lt]

You are right. If I remember correctly, the sub left Australia and was going to scuttle itself off the coast.

What a depressing book. Not sure I hate Kim enough to chance that outcome.

[AppyPappy]

The premise was completely bogus but it made for a great read. It’s one of my repeat books. The sub could have lasted longer. After all, it made a trip to California and back.

The Stand would have been a better read if King had taken it seriously.

[maine-iac7]

I am not sure this meeting is about N. Korea.

That' my suspicion as well.

Isn't FBI "In-Country"?

Heard a wisp the other day that Comey had approached Sessions for a g0-a-head on investigations on who REALLY did the spying, etc.

And if you wanted to have strategy sessions these days - undetected, un-hacked, spy-proof, listen-proof, etc - where better than unannounced meetings in far off New Zealand? (No time for enemies to set up or get "wired" in?

Hoping this is what is afoot...

[maine-iac7]

BINGO

[Jean2]

I don’t know which is scarier; with the wall or without it.

[The Westerner]

Trump just announced that Assange is no longer useful to his goals. Kim.com is down there in N.Z. so not sure that location is any safer from hackers than anywhere else. I guess “We, the People” are being protected by these American agents...from what? If they call it Top Secret, than we aren’t allowed to know. It’s for our own good, really. Wonder what men 200 brief years ago would say about the end of the American experiment in self-government?