There's stupid and then there's CIA Stupid.

[afchic]

Originally Posted by lindy

I smell other forces afoot here. I do not know any specifics but I ASSUME that this was some sort of post-raid "WTF" by the ISI and Paki government. Basically, a statement akin to "give us the source our we'll make your lives (even more) difficult".

I'm not saying it's right but it seems the doc was traded for something.

Yeah like Ground LOCs into and out of Afghanistan.

Maybe if our POTUS could have shut his mouth, it would have never come to this and no one would have known that ST6 was ever involved. But there is no political advantage to that is there.

I would be willing to bet a month's paycheck that if we had gotten OBL while President Bush was in office, all there would be were rumors. Oh I forgot, I believe we got him during his presidency, and holy hell, no one knew about it. That is because that man truly loved his military, and understood that being CINC means putting us in harms way. But he also understood that he would not put us in any more danger than necessary by flapping his gums to the press to simply increase his political capital.

God help us if Obama gets another term and we have to go into Iran.

[greenberetTFS]

Originally Posted by afchic

Yeah like Ground LOCs into and out of Afghanistan.

Maybe if our POTUS could have shut his mouth, it would have never come to this and no one would have known that ST6 was ever involved. But there is no political advantage to that is there.

I would be willing to bet a moth's paycheck that if we had gotten OBL while President Bush was in office, all there would be were rumors. Oh I forgot, I believe we got him during his presidency, and holy hell, no one knew about it. That is because that man truly loved his military, and understood that being CINC means putting us in harms way. But he also understood that he would not put us in any more danger than necessary by flapping his gums to the press to simply increase his political capital.

God help us if Obama gets another term and we have to go into Iran.

Lets hope that never happens..........

Big Teddy

[Dohhunter]

Why give the $25mil to him when it can go to Morgan Stanley on shitty IPOs.

[Dusty]

Prolly hard to take the SS job seriously considering the ludicrosity of the HMFIC.

[Badger52]

Originally Posted by Broadsword2004

I really hope there is more to this and that the CIA wasn't really that stupid to let that guy get captured like that. But with the behavior of some members of the Secret Service as of late, nothing would surprise me now

I don't think anyone knows that it's the CIA. As much as the self-serving crew in civvies likes to run their mouths it wouldn't take much for the ISI to figure things out, certainly wouldn't even need a name. The existence of a source & the collection method used would be enough. They're not stupid and there's no true due-process; they can vacuum up anyone they want.

OTOH, if this is a unilateral decision by Director Petraeus this is very bad.

Maybe Robert Redford will reprise his role and ST6 have the pivotal role in Opn DINNER OUT-II.