Mole Row Reveals U.S. Intelligence Disarray (political opportunism)

[Nambe]

PARIS (Reuters)

The unmasking of an al Qaeda mole after a U.S. security alert points to disarray within U.S. intelligence and could mean President Bush is accused of playing politics with security, the top U.S. election issue.

Washington raised its security alert to high on August 1 and disclosed a man held in secret by Pakistan was the source of information that justified the alert. ..

David Wright-Neville, of the Monash Global Terrorism Research Unit, said that if Khan was still an active al Qaeda mole when his name was leaked, his loss was a serious blow.

"If it's true, at the very least it would suggest a breakdown in communication between the Pakistanis and the Americans," the Melbourne- based security expert said.

"At worst, it smacks of political opportunism and, if that is indeed the case, it suggests that political survival ranks more highly than generating potentially valuable information on the extent of the network." ..

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[DeepModem Mom]

1. Yeah, this was a big deal, and the foreign press will say it loud...

and clear --

[Leilani]

2. Right...

And where is our press?

Well, Amber is testifying today....

Sandy Berger had documents in his socks & underwear...

So much news...so little time.

[SpiralHawk]

3. Molegate

You heard it here first, and probably last.

OK US media, you can go back to sleep on the real news. Time for update on the Kobe trial, isn't it.

[struggle4progress]

4. kick for Rove hard at work, politicizing everything, regardless of cost

:kick: