Protecting Bu$hCo's Interests ... Whatever They Cost.

Porter Goss feigns nonchalance.

WHEN WILL WE GET OSAMA BIN LADEN? That is a question that goes far deeper than you know. In the chain that you need to successfully wrap up the war on terror, we have some weak links. And I find that until we strengthen all the links, we're probably not going to be able to bring Mr. bin Laden to justice. We are making very good progress on it. But when you go to the very difficult question of dealing with sanctuaries in sovereign states, you're dealing with a problem of our sense of international obligation, fair play. We have to find a way to work in a conventional world in unconventional ways that are acceptable to the international community.

IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE A PRETTY GOOD IDEA OF WHERE HE IS. WHERE? I have an excellent idea of where he is. What's the next question?

Yes, those weak links, and those sanctuaries in sovereign states that don't happen to be Iran or Syria, but we'd like you to think Pakistan, although it's really the family qasbah in Riyadh.

What's good for Dear Leader is good for America, right?

Ex-FBI translator Sibel Edmonds has some issues with that...

Over four years ago, more than four months prior to the September 11 terrorist attacks, in April 2001, a long-term FBI informant/asset who had been providing the bureau with information since 1990, provided two FBI agents and a translator with specific information regarding a terrorist attack being planned by Osama Bin Laden. This asset/informant was previously a high- level intelligence officer in Iran in charge of intelligence from Afghanistan. Through his contacts in Afghanistan he received information that:

1) Osama Bin Laden was planning a major terrorist attack in the United States targeting 4-5 major cities,

2) the attack was going to involve airplanes,

3) some of the individuals in charge of carrying out this attack were already in place in the United States,

4) the attack was going to be carried out soon, in a few months.

The agents who received this information reported it to their superior, Special Agent in Charge of Counterterrorism, Thomas Frields, at the FBI Washington Field Office, by filing “302” forms, and the translator, Mr. Behrooz Sarshar, translated and documented this information. No action was taken by the Special Agent in Charge, Thomas Frields, and after 9/11 the agents and the translators were told to ‘keep quiet’ regarding this issue. The translator who was present during the session with the FBI informant, Mr. Behrooz Sarshar, reported this incident to Director Mueller in writing, and later to the Department of Justice Inspector General. The press reported this incident, and in fact the report in the Chicago Tribune on July 21, 2004 stated that FBI officials had confirmed that this information was received in April 2001...

Read it all. This is from a woman who has seen the bowels of the beast. And thanks to Truthout for the link.

There we go again, as St. Ronald Rambo Reagan would say, basing our opinions on reality instead of taking account the sensitivities of our allies.

When you have a War on Terra you're trying to stoke into a real World War, you find allies and enemas in the strangest places.

Sorry for the scatological pun, but no shit, it's getting strange out there and the weird are definitely turning professional.

For example, the Chinese propaganda organ that I most often agree with really wants us to think Osama's right and tight in Pakistan. They don't leave it at that, either. They go into hairy detail about the Jihad Pakistan is packaging and exporting to all us infidels, too.

I certainly don't blame China for a little unease.

But they've got more problems coming down the pipeline than a little Holy War on their borders.

There's a genuine psychopath about to get appointed to the United Nations regardless of what the Congress says who foams at the mouth about China. Among other things.

But who knows, there may be peace yet in Asia, particularly if the Carlyle Group gets a piece of the action.