tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post4828600184517407474..comments2024-03-28T12:29:39.157-07:00Comments on Graphic Firing Table: The Bourne StupidityFDChiefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10607785969510234092noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-79619923155510777462011-02-24T12:18:59.401-07:002011-02-24T12:18:59.401-07:00But, it ees not my minkey!But, it ees not my minkey!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08839236994990699117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-50448501597894707612011-02-24T09:16:54.343-07:002011-02-24T09:16:54.343-07:00Ael: God, I hope not.
This "war" isn...Ael: God, I hope not.<br /><br />This "war" isn't really a war in the sense of D-Day; it's more like the war in the shadows between the US and the Soviets. The better intel, the more effective covert ops will determine who "wins".<br /><br />This guy better be just the bottom of the intel gene pool or the U.S. is in real trouble...FDChiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10607785969510234092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-80758752628784372182011-02-24T07:23:30.357-07:002011-02-24T07:23:30.357-07:00I suspect that the reason they look like amateurs ...I suspect that the reason they look like amateurs is because they are amateurs.<br /><br />The USA has relied on national technical means and not humint.<br /><br />I am told that there are remarkably few Americans who want to go live in a cave in Waziristan for years on end for the benefit of a civil service salary.<br /><br />A contractor is even more of an amateur as they are tossed into situations where they need bodies *now*. <br /><br />I suspect that US spies must stick out like sore thumbs. <br /><br />Look at how the USA paid some nobody millions of dollars to turn the Taliban, or the guy who blew himself up in the middle of top US intelligence people.Aelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10788190394672505925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-44075919200822101512011-02-23T23:36:13.136-07:002011-02-23T23:36:13.136-07:00Ael: Yeah, I read that but figured it was just ano...Ael: Yeah, I read that but figured it was just another part of the comic fucking spy caper.<br /><br />What's irking is the sheer lack of tradecraft here. I mean, I don't know much about the CIA, but I was told that intel officers come in two flavors; the "official" kind with a diplomatic cover (who get a get-out-of-jail-free card for this sort of stuff) and the "covert" kind. The latter don't get to be heroes. If they fuck up and get caught, like this guy, they bend over and take it like a man.<br /><br />What they DON'T do is get caught with a pantsload of incriminating espionage kit - and their government doesn't act like a hysterical schoolgirl whose boyfriend got caught shinnying up the drainpipe. Jesus wept.<br /><br />This whole business gives off an idiotic amateur-hour "give-the-U2-pilot-a-suicide-pill-and-a-parachute" stink.<br /><br />The thing is that, given the nature of the people who have our worst interests in mind in central Asia, having great covert officers on the ground is crucial. But this sort of dumb shit fucks it up for the smart guys; any GI can tell you the Golden Rule of Recognition - one awshit cancels out ten thousand attaboys.FDChiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10607785969510234092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-85182788746464719232011-02-23T22:57:20.306-07:002011-02-23T22:57:20.306-07:00Don't forget the other three super-spies who w...Don't forget the other three super-spies who were in the backup vehicle which ran over and killed a Pakistani motorcyclist as they rushed (too late) to Davis' support (going the wrong way on a one way street).<br /><br />They took refuge in the consulate but left the country at about the same time that John Kerry left Pakistan after his "emergency" diplomatic trip to Pakistan.Aelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10788190394672505925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-36930329021531005082011-02-23T22:51:36.935-07:002011-02-23T22:51:36.935-07:00Do you have a leesense for thet minkey?Do you have a leesense for thet minkey?FDChiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10607785969510234092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-712779854287271272011-02-23T18:15:54.916-07:002011-02-23T18:15:54.916-07:00No, monsieur, Clouseau you have, sans even Cato...No, monsieur, Clouseau you have, sans even Cato's sharpening, alas. No Italian tailoring, either ... Orvis plaid, at best.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08839236994990699117noreply@blogger.com