Who could trust such a man?

eta: did the US state dep't just put out a hit list target on this man's back?

Going back to the '93 WTC bombing, literally the only large scale terrorist attacks by Islamist terrorists that have "succeeded" on American soil have been those carried out by operatives the CIA and FBI knew to be inside the US preparing to attack targets here but allowed in, trained, and in some cases supplied with explosives.

Col. Khalimov and ISIL follow in a long line of terrorists we helped create. All that follows is merely acceptable collatoral damage. Even 9/11.

blackwater/xe/academi that I can see in this report.

Link: http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/29/politics/isis-man-trained-in-us/

Snippets:

I did a google search of: "Blackwater Worldwide, which is now known as Academi and is based in McLean, Virginia, is the most notorious private security firm that had operated in Iraq and Afghanistan. In his online video, Khalimov"

and came up with this:

make the connection without a lot of mental twists and suspension of disbelief.

However, I've noticed "news" sites changing articles "on the fly" so it could be that. However, again, the author of the piece in the OP has a rather...questionable history of writing. The reporting of this also has some questionable sources, as your (and my) googling showed.

Disinformation, not necessarily by the sources that appear directly on the Google trail.

The original, unabridged CNN version is pretty damning.

I think it's "pretty damning" of our ally Tajikistan that "an officer of the primary counterterrorism unit which responds to terrorist threats in Tajikistan,... so he and other members of his unit were recommended for the program by the Tajik government."

I also think it's "pretty damning" of the bush administration that their "vetting" didn't discover the problems with this guy; or perhaps this guy is just really good at lying. Of course, I've read articles about white supremacists enlisting in the US military to receive arms training; so I'm not so sure it's just counterterrorism training that has this issue, nor that it's just a "US" problem as the Tajik government has obviously experienced some of the same.

I also think it's "pretty damning" of cnn to report this as though this began now rather than focusing on the bush connections; and their change of the narrative via the article versus the video titles.

There's a lot of "pretty damning" to go around it would seem.

The scroller on the video has a different title than the article; something I always find interesting. " US Trained Counterterror Commander Defects to ISIS" versus "ISIS fighter was trained by US" as used for the article.

khalimov says (in video) he received training btwn 2003 and 2008. State Department says 5 times between 2003 and "last year."

khalimov says (in video) he trained at "military base of blackwater." academi is mentioned as the company that purchased the blackwater facility, i.e. "military base" and was "unable to confirm he was there."

blitzer notes that khalimov also received training from Russian "elite commandos" and that he speaks Russian which blitzer and other reporter say is "marketing tool" so that khalimov can recruit from "eastern asia."

It appears this "police commander" who works with one of the US's allies against terrorism has been lying to a lot of people or our "ally," Tajikistan is a little less than honest about their people. It also looks like he "got his start" during the bush years. Surprise that. /sarcasm Kinda funny cnn is trying to put this in the "here and now."

I can't believe I forgot to watch the video. I'm usually quite consistent about that. Thanks for the reminder.

"Anyway, the genuine CNN report is valuable because it exposes ongoing US support for trannational Islamic terrorists that have blended into ISIS."

I would argue it shows that even with extensive vetting, terrorists are capable of infiltrating and receiving training from foreign, US and Russian, counterterrorism units. Especially during the bush years.

but it's mentioned a few times in the video.

I'm dealing with barking dogs this morning.

using the same source for the reference and then I watched it.

It's still a bit early for me, here.

The US and other Western powers never learn

or the INS knowing (think ISIS, but without the legitimacy)

ditto a lot of Central American torture technicians (though to be fair they were told to go for psychological pressure instead of anything that left marks--but their handlers did know they were just assassinating hundreds of prisoners afterwards, captured on a hunch or informer's whisper): they weren't even allowed to turn the TV in (evidently they were in KHOU's ambit)

As referenced above, that list of terrorists who were under CIA or FBI control or were treated as agents of a "friendly" intel agency includes:

* '93 WTC bombing (Ali Mohamed and other CIA/FBI double agents)
* 9/11 (Flt 77 hijackers, al-Hazmi and al-Midhar)
* 9/11 and subsequent Al-Qaeda linked attacks (Imam Anwar Al-Awlaki, who gave money to and housed the Flt. 77 hijackers in San Diego upon their arrival, accompanying them across the country as they made contact with other primary 9/11 hijackers; Awlaki was released from custody after 9/11, and made contact with other terrorists who later acted under his direction or influence, including):
* the Times Square Bomber, the Ft. Bragg shooter, and the Underwear Bomber, the Boston Bombers.

One can draw one's own conclusions about the why of this, but the facts are well-documented. If you don't believe me, part of this was explained to a joint House-Senate committee by Undersecretary of State Kennedy after the Underwear Bomber incident:

Here's that link - 02/10/10 testimony : Statement of Patrick F. Kennedy, Under Secretary of State ...
Statement of Patrick F. Kennedy, Under Secretary of State for Management - Before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Hearing on ...
http://travel.state.gov/...
http://travel.state.gov/content/travel/english/about/speeches-testimonies/statement-before-the-house-of-representatives-committee-on-the-j.html


News of that testimony got buried.

Blackwater is most assuredly a terrorist organization, it is a shame money trumps all other things in America.

The term jihadist or terrorist is not used.