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leveymg

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11. Not sure that's the case. The underwear bomber and the FedEx toner bombs were also "controlled" ops

Reply to uponit7771 (Reply #8)

Thu May 16, 2013, 02:04 PM

May 2013

This later incident helped to open the eyes of some people in this country to the fact that a whole slew of these incidents centered in Yemen and connected with Anwar Awlaki were essentially CIA operations. These may have been sting operations, but they were terribly risky, so it's probably best they were closed down.

BTW: the events AP reported in May happened the previous September. The network had already been rolled-up.

The public has a need to know about these things, as it's our lives that are on the line. Sometimes, these ops go bad, as occurred on 9/11/01.

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Bomb Plot Briefing May Undercut DOJ's Case For AP Records Seizure - MSNBC [View all] WillyT May 2013 OP

4 paragraphs only- the above is 7 graham4anything May 2013 #1

If the cat was already out of the bag, how could it be put back in? This is nonsense. randome May 2013 #2

+1 uponit7771 May 2013 #7

Sorry WillyT..you are persistent, but I call bull-shit! Anansi1171 May 2013 #3

"Within hours *after* the AP published its May 7, 2012 story..." CJCRANE May 2013 #4

Isikoff didn't even read what he wrote. Ikonoklast May 2013 #5

The original AP story was sparce on details re the double-agent. Those were provided later by WaPo & leveymg May 2013 #6

True but it looks like the REAL issue is the AP shouldn't have had it at all!! uponit7771 May 2013 #8

BINGO DearAbby May 2013 #9

Not sure that's the case. The underwear bomber and the FedEx toner bombs were also "controlled" ops leveymg May 2013 #11

This is the stupid shit I've ever heard Cali_Democrat May 2013 #10

"sweeping secret subpoena of the press association�s phone records" snooper2 May 2013 #12

It's pretty sweeping by the standards of other leaks. leveymg May 2013 #13

Let me try to explain how this works-- snooper2 May 2013 #14

Well...I refused to believe there was a "Blue Dress"...until the very last. KoKo May 2013 #15