CIA Attack Done By Jordanian "Double Agent"

Since I haven't seen anyone post this, here it is:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34687312/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia

This is a prime example of why I am extremely skeptical of anything I hear from the Federal government, especially in the area of "National Security". There is so much going on in the shadows that they can't possibly keep a good handle on it all.

If that guy had gone off the reservation at another time and place and killed a lot of innocent civilians, you would never have learned that he was a CIA "asset". He would have just been just called a terrorist and the rest of the story locked away for 30 years.

I'm not sure what they think they are doing playing this game. You did this dance with Bin Laden and the Mujahadeen, helped to organize and train them, and you get 9-11...

Reminds me also of how two of the 9-11 hijackers had a direct relationship with an FBI informant in San Diego (Abdussattar Shaikh), even renting rooms from the FBI "asset". After 9-11 the FBI shut off access to Shaikh and did not let him give testimony to any other independent investigations, claiming they were satisfied that he had "no foreknowledge of the 911 attack".

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/09/09/terror/main521223.shtml?tag=contentMain;contentBody

http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=129563&page=1

Really? Well, if you are so sure of all this, then why not let others talk to him?

I'm not getting at a conspiracy here but incompetence of an unweildly bureacracy doing too many things and the tendency to use secrecy to cover misteps -- it's not real good at "keeping your freinds close and your enemies closer".

I'd love to see if there has been an internal government document produced that takes an objective look at costs and benefits of covert action througout the years, including the costs of blowback. Of course, it will be classified, but I'd love to read it...

OK, that's my politics/current affairs posting for awhile. I've been blissfully unplugged and should probably return to that state for awhile.