Latest New York Times Leak
Leaks, New York Times, Somalia, State Department Leaks, War on Terror
John B. Roberts II, in the Washington Times, points out the latest damaging Intel leak in the War on Terror.
Two-and-a-half years ago, I first learned of the CIA’s covert program to use secular warlords to contain al Qaeda in Somalia. As early as 2002 intelligence officials concluded that al Qaeda had re-established an operational network in Somalia after being routed in Afghanistan. Some reports even suggested that Osama bin Laden crossed the Arabian Sea in a dhow and found sanctuary in Somalia after escaping the noose in Tora Bora.
Until now, I refrained from writing about the Somali front in the war on al Qaeda because of its extreme sensitivity and its vital importance. Regrettably, State Department career officials, in order to condemn the program, have now confirmed to the New York Times the existence of the covert operation being run by the CIA station in Nairobi, Kenya. This is an unconscionable breach of security that ought to outrage us all.
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Hat tip to James Lewis at the American Thinker, who asks the correct question:
How long will it be before the leakers are prosecuted for treason in time of war? Or will it take another 9/11?
