Liberal Amateur Hour Continues Apace: Feinstein Spills Predator Intel In Public...

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

Reporting from Washington -- A senior U.S. lawmaker said Thursday that unmanned CIA Predator aircraft operating in Pakistan are flown from an air base in that country, a revelation likely to embarrass the Pakistani government and complicate its counter-terrorism collaboration with the United States.

The disclosure by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, marked the first time a U.S. official had publicly commented on where the Predator aircraft patrolling Pakistan take off and land.

At a hearing, Feinstein expressed surprise over Pakistani opposition to the campaign of Predator-launched CIA missile strikes against Islamic extremist targets along Pakistan's northwestern border.

"As I understand it, these are flown out of a Pakistani base," she said.

The basing of the pilotless aircraft in Pakistan suggests a much deeper relationship with the United States on counter-terrorism matters than has been publicly acknowledged. Such an arrangement would be at odds with protests lodged by officials in Islamabad, the capital, and could inflame anti-American sentiment in the country.


The CIA declined to comment, but former U.S. intelligence officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the information, confirmed that Feinstein's account was accurate.

Philip J. LaVelle, a spokesman for Feinstein, said her comment was based solely on previous news reports that Predators were operated from bases near Islamabad.

"We strongly object to Sen. Feinstein's remarks being characterized as anything other than a reference" to an article that appeared last March in the Washington Post, LaVelle said. Feinstein did not refer to newspaper accounts during the hearing.

Many counter-terrorism experts have assumed that the aircraft take off from U.S. military installations in Afghanistan and are remotely piloted from locations in the United States. Experts said the disclosure could create political problems for the government in Islamabad, which is considered relatively weak.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-uspakistan13-2009feb13,0,4776260.story?track=rss

Yes, please, let's destabilize a nuclear-armed nation full of 7th century thugs and drag our friend India into a potentially catastrophic war it doesn't want.

@#$%ing retards

[JohnnyReb]

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[Chris_]

Looks like 'Leaky' Leahy has a contender for his title of 'Loose-lipped Marxist Traitor Elevated Above Their Abilities'.

Leaky Leahy, meet Depends Feinstein.  Depends, Leaky Leahy.

I say we have a two in, one out cage match between these two traitorous swine for the title in question.   

[docstew]

Looks like 'Leaky' Leahy has a contender for his title of 'Loose-lipped Marxist Traitor Elevated Above Their Abilities'.

Leaky Leahy, meet Depends Feinstein.  Depends, Leaky Leahy.

I say we have a two in, one out cage match between these two traitorous swine for the title in question.   

can't we make it two in, none out?

[TheSarge]

And the Dems wonder why we don't believe they can be trusted with issues pertaining to National Security.

[Crazy Horse]

And the Dems wonder why we don't believe they can be trusted with issues pertaining to National Security.

The one that would never be given a clearance is in charge of those that do

[asdf2231]

Predator drones flown from base in Pakistan, U.S. lawmaker says
Sen. Feinstein’s surprise disclosure likely to complicate joint campaign against Taliban militants

Greg Miller | Washington Bureau
February 12, 2009 - Chicago Tribune

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A senior U.S. lawmaker said Thursday that unmanned CIA Predator aircraft operating in Pakistan are flown from an airbase inside that country, a revelation likely to embarrass the Pakistani government and complicate its counterterrorism collaboration with the United States.

The disclosure by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), the chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, marked the first time a U.S. official had publicly commented on where the Predator aircraft patrolling Pakistan take off and land.

At a hearing, Feinstein expressed surprise at Pakistani opposition to the ongoing campaign of Predator-launched CIA missile strikes against Al Qaeda targets along Pakistan’s northwest border.

“As I understand it, these are flown out of a Pakistani base,” she said of the planes.

The basing of the pilotless aircraft in Pakistan suggests a much deeper relationship with the United States on counterterrorism matters than has been publicly acknowledged. Such an arrangement would be at odds with protests lodged by officials in Islamabad and could inflame anti-American sentiment in the country.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-090213-pakistan-us,0,1099409.story

So much for Op-Sec...

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

You're only a whole day late:

http://www.conservativecave.com/index.php/topic,22246.0.html

 

[asdf2231]

Poo.

[Peter3_1]

WHY IS THAT WOMAN'S FINGER ON RTHE TRIGGER IN A ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE WITH A XCLOSED BOLT? Doesn't she know that at BEST that's rude as hell, and at worst, coud be fatal to several? WAIT, of course she has no idea, she's a liberal! Sorry I mentioned it.....

[Eupher]

WHY IS THAT WOMAN'S FINGER ON RTHE TRIGGER IN A ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE WITH A XCLOSED BOLT? Doesn't she know that at BEST that's rude as hell, and at worst, coud be fatal to several? WAIT, of course she has no idea, she's a liberal! Sorry I mentioned it.....

yeah, it's kinda hard to practice proper weapons safety when you're a moonbat liberal and haven't had any training. Yet these idiots want to restrict gun ownership so that only criminals can have them.