Pakistan: U.S. blew undercover operation

[Bluebear]

Al-Qaida suspect was secretly cooperating with counterrorist sting



ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - The al-Qaida suspect named by U.S. officials as the source of information that led to this week’s terrorist alerts was working undercover, Pakistani intelligence sources said Friday, putting an end to the sting operation and forcing Pakistan to hide the man in a secret location.

Under pressure to justify the alerts in three Northeastern cities, U.S. officials confirmed a report by The New York Times that the man, Mohammad Naeem Noor Khan, was the source of the intelligence that led to the decision

A Pakistani intelligence source told Reuters on Friday that Khan, who was arrested in Lahore secretly last month, had been actively cooperating with intelligence agents to help catch al-Qaida operatives when his name appeared in U.S. newspapers.

Monday evening, after Khan’s name appeared, Pakistani officials moved him to a secret location.

“After his capture , he admitted being an al-Qaida member and agreed to send e-mails to his contacts,” a Pakistani intelligence source told Reuters. “He sent encoded e-mails and received encoded replies. He’s a great hacker, and even the U.S. agents said he was a computer whiz.”

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5626850/

[grytpype]

1. Oh, for fuck's sake.

The Bush Administration cannot do any ANY goddamned thing right. They are the most secretive administration in history, and when they do open their gobs, it's to expose undercover agents who are WORKING FOR US!

Jeebus, what is wrong with those people?

[Bluebear]

2. Shhh don't bother our President, he's on vacation for the weekend

[Not Me]

3. They are good at exposing intelligence officers...

n/t

[StandUpGuy]

7. Didn't Bush say just yesterday....

He wasn't going to stop looking for ways to harm the USA.

If you assume black is white and up is down, I think you'll see that Bush does everything according to plan.


Look at it this way.....If Bush needed an excuse to blow the cover of an informant that was getting to close for comfort what better way to do it.

TERROR Threat.

Kill Kerry's bounce.
Inject some fear in to the people. (never hurts)
Blow the informants cover as proof of your initial threat.



Bush is not INCOMPETENT he is EVIL !!!!!!!

[enough]

4. Imagine the screaming

if this had happened on Clinton's watch.

[Bluebear]

5. They'll probably blame this on him anyhow. nt

[grytpype]

6. I have diaried on this article here:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/8/6/223555/1874

[in_cog_ni_to]

8. Good grief! Can't these people do ANYTHING

right? No skin off their nose....expose the guy. Fucking idiots. And we wonder why the world hates us? Damnit!

Uhhhh, WHY haven't we seen this on the news? Was this story just released and will amke the morning shows, or what? Do you know?