'Contractor' held in Pakistan is CIA - Democratic Underground

sixmile

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Mon Feb-21-11 01:37 PM
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'Contractor' held in Pakistan is CIA

Running another secret war.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/22/world/asia/22pakistan.html?_r=1

'The American arrested in Pakistan after shooting two men at a crowded traffic stop was part of a covert, C.I.A.-led team of operatives conducting surveillance on militant groups deep inside the country, according to American government officials.

Working from a safe house in the eastern city of Lahore, the detained American contractor, Raymond A. Davis, a retired Special Forces soldier, carried out scouting and other reconnaissance missions as a security officer for a Central Intelligence Agency task force of case officers and technical surveillance experts, the officials said.'

more at link

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upi402

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Mon Feb-21-11 02:09 PM
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1. BushCo allowed terrorists to escape there

So now this guy is caught while having to root them out illegally. Great situation the Republicans left behind, yet again.

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damntexdem

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Mon Feb-21-11 02:12 PM
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2. He had to be a spy: the U.S. couldn't say what his job was but claimed diplomatic immunity.

Even if the shooting WAS simply self-defense against a robbery attempt, it blew the lid off of something covert. And do we really believe in the self-defense claim?

At the same time, I have zero trust in Pakistani "justice."

Just think of it as adversaries made for each other.

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Hannah Bell

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Mon Feb-21-11 02:27 PM
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3. big surprise

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dixiegrrrrl

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Mon Feb-21-11 02:56 PM
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4. All who are shocked!!!!! raise your hands.

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metapunditedgy

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Mon Feb-21-11 03:07 PM
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5. So CIA contractors are now "diplomats." But when THEY do it, they're "terrorists."

Right?

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