Tuesday, July 04, 2006

Osama who?

The CIA has closed the division that was focused on hunting down Osama Bin Laden and his top lieutenants. C.I.A. Closes Unit Focused on Capture of bin Laden
WASHINGTON, July 3 — The Central Intelligence Agency has closed a unit that for a decade had the mission of hunting Osama bin Laden and his top lieutenants, intelligence officials confirmed Monday.

The unit, known as Alec Station, was disbanded late last year and its analysts reassigned within the C.I.A. Counterterrorist Center, the officials said.

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Michael Scheuer, a former senior C.I.A. official who was the first head of the unit, said the move reflected a view within the agency that Mr. bin Laden was no longer the threat he once was.

Mr. Scheuer said that view was mistaken.

"This will clearly denigrate our operations against Al Qaeda," he said. "These days at the agency, bin Laden and Al Qaeda appear to be treated merely as first among equals."

Allow me to make a lucky guess- all those assets are now required in the hunt to find a reason to bomb Iran.

What do I win?

1 comment:

flory said...

A fun-filled weekend in Baghdad?