Bush Administration Burns Al Qaeda Agent

[Jon8503]

Can You Believe?

"The New York Times published a story on Monday saying U.S. officials had disclosed that a man arrested secretly in Pakistan was the source of the bulk of information leading to the security alerts. The newspaper named him as Khan, although it did not say how it had learned his name. U.S. officials subsequently confirmed the name to other news organizations on Monday morning. None of the reports mentioned that Khan was working under cover at the time, helping to catch al Qaeda suspects."

[Mad As Hell]

1. Unbelievable.

We've got to get this whole story. Playing politics with national security, I assume. We need to pounce on this to drive *'s terror numbers down.

[Citizen Daryl]

5. Some times you really gotta wonder what side they're on.

No wonder al-Qaida said they hope he gets re-elected.

[bbernardini]

2. KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNN!!!!

Somebody had to do it. :)

[KeepItReal]

6. HA HA!! LMAO!

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[Jon8503]

3. Link To Todays Storny MSNBC

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5626850/

[flpoljunkie]

4. Excerpt from MSNBC link: "Pakistan: U.S. Blew Undercover Operation"

Pakistan: U.S. blew undercover operation
Al-Qaida suspect was secretly cooperating with counterrorist sting
MSNBC staff and news service reports
Updated: 7:18 p.m. ET Aug. 6, 2004


ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - The al-Qaida suspect named by U.S. officials as the source of information that led to this week’s terrorist alerts was working undercover, Pakistani intelligence sources said Friday, putting an end to the sting operation and forcing Pakistan to hide the man in a secret location.

Under pressure to justify the alerts in three Northeastern cities, U.S. officials confirmed a report by The New York Times that the man, Mohammad Naeem Noor Khan, was the source of the intelligence that led to the decision.

A Pakistani intelligence source told Reuters on Friday that Khan, who was arrested in Lahore secretly last month, had been actively cooperating with intelligence agents to help catch al-Qaida operatives when his name appeared in U.S. newspapers.

Monday evening, after Khan’s name appeared, Pakistani officials moved him to a secret location.