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Uncle Joe

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5. From reading the CNN article, Ichingcarpenter, he has a grievance with the CIA

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 16, 2014, 02:19 PM

Sep 2014

for not paying him the promised 5 million dollars.

My take from the CNN article is, if his experience is true, it would be limited to a micro level, his own experience as a "grunt" more or less.

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Agent Storm: Inside al Qaeda for the CIA [View all] Uncle Joe Sep 2014 OP

I'm betting this guy Ichingcarpenter Sep 2014 #1

From reading the CNN article, Ichingcarpenter, he has a grievance with the CIA Uncle Joe Sep 2014 #5

The bigger question for me Ichingcarpenter Sep 2014 #7

Personally I agree with you regarding our ignorant, myopic funding of the Talaban despite Uncle Joe Sep 2014 #8

Strange...article doesn't say why he's giving this interview to CNN... KoKo Sep 2014 #2

I beleive he is coming out with a book, KoKo. Uncle Joe Sep 2014 #3

His CIA tells all secret Taliban book.....and the CNN gives him a voice Ichingcarpenter Sep 2014 #4

I meant post #5 to reply to this post, not your first one, Ichingcarpenter. Uncle Joe Sep 2014 #6

So, he's the guy who fingered al-Awlaki for the drone? Octafish Sep 2014 #9

He could've been, Octafish, but according to the article, the CIA denied him 5 million dollars Uncle Joe Sep 2014 #10

Incredible! Thank you for the details, Uncle Joe... Octafish Sep 2014 #11