Bush Leak of Double Agent Hurts Fight Against Al Qaeda

[Eric J in MN]

The Bush Administration, announced a terror-alert on the Sunday after the Democratic Convention.

The warning came through Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge, who noted, "We must understand that the kind of information available to us today is the result of the president's leadership in the war against terror,” a comment which seemed like a political advertisement.

Some felt the timing of the warning was partially political, including Howard Dean.

It was then revealed that some of the information for the warning was years old. This made the timing of the warning more suspicious.

The Bush Administration in its defense said that some of the information came recently from Al Qaeda member Mohammad Naeem Noor Khan. Khan is a 25-year-old computer expert who had been arrested in Pakistan in early June.

The problem is that Khan had been working with Pakistani authorites as a double-agent to find the locations of other Al Qaeda members. Those operations to catch other Al Qaeda members were ruined by the Bush Adminstration leak.

For more, including audio of Al Franken linked at the bottom of the page, go to MOVELEFT.COM:

http://www.moveleft.com/moveleft_essay_2004_08_10_bush_admin._hurts_our_national_security_by_leaking_double_agent.asp

[EST]

1. Crazy--stupid--ignorant--dimbulb--wrongway--criminally insane--

evil--dastardly--drizzle dick-vile--unspeakable fuckwits!!

[EST]

2. Oh, I forgot

treasonous--despicable--unworthy--loutish--corrupt--typical

[The Doctor.]

3. I just saw an interview

on MSNBC with an ex-CIA intelligence analyst who was so stunned by the 'administrations' pure stupidity he could barely speak.

What the HELL are these MORONS doing????!!!!!

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

8. Their excuse will be something like this:

"See! If the liberal media hadn't doubted us, we wouldn't have been FORCED to reveal Khan's name! It's all the Democrats' fault!"

Wait for it. I'm sure some right-wing pundit will say this, if they haven't already.

[Taylor Mason Powell]

4. It's almost as if they're TRYING to help Al Qaeda...

almost as if they're actively trying to undermine the fight against Al Qaeda, so as to allow an attack to happen before the election. On the theory that it's the only thing that will save Bush now. I don't think it will, but what else do they have? Nothing.

Either that, or they're just criminally, recklessly stupid. Unbelievable!!

(And yet, all too believable...)

[Tight_rope]

5. "they're TRYING to help Al Qaeda..." That's exactly what they are doing!

[Eric J in MN]

6. My opinion is that they are so hungry to maintain power, that

they were indifferent to the effect on fighting Al Qaeda.

I don't think the leak of the double-agent was for the purpose of helping Al Qaeda.

[Taylor Mason Powell]

7. You may be right...

it may be simple indifference...

or it may be something even more insidious. We may never know for sure. I just tend to see a pattern in this administration's "indifference" that makes me go hmmm...

[SammyWinstonJack]

10. It's probably both

:scared:

[Eric J in MN]

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[Eric J in MN]

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[AG78]

12. It's retaliation

for asking questions.

You keep questioning motives, or information, and we'll scare you. Fear is one of, if not the most, powerful of human emotions. This administration knows that. They're smart people.

And it's never been about al-Qaeda. If it was, we wouldn't have left Afghanistan before getting bin Laden, Zawahiri, or Omar. We wouldn't have really cared if they went a few miles into Pakistan. We would've gone in there and taken them. What, all of a sudden, the American Government/Military gives a damn about borders?

It's never been about al-Qaeda. It was about getting into Iraq. They got their excuse to go. They've wanted it for years, and they got it. Misson Accomplished.

[realFedUp]

13. Thanks to Larry Johnson

Who would newspapers quote if he wasn't talking?

[Eric J in MN]

15. Who is Larry Johnson? nt

nt

[Tweed]

14. WRONG! Clearly if we will do this to our own spies, they can just imagine

what we will do to theirs! We will win through fear: the best and only way to win this fight.