So in our “Global War On Terror ™” the Bush administration is not only its chief proponent but its greatest hindrance. Seems that the US intelligence folks had a pretty good channel into the communications of the Al Qaeda people. To my surprise it was through a private source as well. SITE, a private intelligence firm, was contracted by the government to monitor the Web and Internet sources for Al Qaeda info.
Things went very well, to the point where SITE handed over a video of Osama Bin Laden that was destined to be broadcast at a later date. The condition was that the White House would keep it secret until the broadcast date, but could use the video to analyze the content. Our friends in the Bush Administration just couldn’t keep a PR opportunity like that quiet and leaked the video to the press and before long it was all over television.
Leaking that video exposed the back channel surveillance and what had previously been a productive and active source of intelligence suddenly dried up. A spokesperson for SITE said hat the company had worked years to develop and exploit the sources of intelligence and the White House’s actions made them useless.
Wonder why they leaked that video? Maybe to give the impression that the Bush Administration was “on top of things” at a time when their approval ratings were slightly above those of sewer rats? Or perhaps it was to assure that Al Qaeda would remain a threat as long as possible, thus continuing the massive profit windfall the “Global War On Terror ™” has been for defense contractors in the US? Any ideas?
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