November 09, 2005
Investigate the CIA
Jed Babbin, a former Assistant Secretary of Defense, finally says in print what certain informed members of the intelligence community have been saying for almost a year: investigate why the CIA sent Joe Wilson to Niger? I add to his list of questions, this one: Why didn’t the CIA simply ask its Niger station chief to look into the yellowcake rumors, rather than sending a retired ambassador living 10,000 miles away?
Posted by Richard Miniter at 07:24 AM
August 04, 2005
Zarqawi's Mentor
This article by my Iraqi friend Nibras Kazimi is worth reading. The CIA and Jordanian intel decide to do something "clever" by releasing Zarqawi's mentor from prison and having him go on al-Jazeera to denounce his former acolyte. And of course it backfires. Good detail on the current state of ideological development inside al Qaeda and radical Islam too.
Posted by Richard Miniter at 05:41 PM