Afghan Suicide Bomber of CIA Post Was Trusted Informant

[FrankRep]

Suicide bomber who attacked CIA post in Afghanistan was trusted informant from Jordan


Washington Post
January 5, 2010

The suicide bomber who killed seven CIA operatives in Afghanistan last week was a Jordanian informant who lured intelligence officers into a trap by promising new information about al-Qaeda's top leadership, former U.S. government officials said Monday.

The attacker, a physician-turned-mole, had been recruited to infiltrate al-Qaeda's senior circles and had gained the trust of his CIA and Jordanian handlers with a stream of useful intelligence leads, according to two former senior officials briefed on the agency's internal investigation. His track record as an informant apparently allowed him to enter a key CIA post without a thorough search, the sources said.
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SOURCE:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/04/AR2010010402150.html?hpid=topnews

 

[FrankRep]

Qaeda says CIA attack 'revenge' for drones

AFP

KABUL — Al-Qaeda said the suicide bombing of a CIA base in Afghanistan that killed seven agents last week was "revenge" for the deaths of top militants in US drone strikes in Pakistan, the US monitoring group SITE said on Thursday.​

SOURCE:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jXJ8mL9bAv_EFJOIAWRVIRtvK6-w

 

[olehounddog]

The attacker, a physician-turned-mole, had been recruited to infiltrate al-Qaeda's senior circles and had gained the trust of his CIA and Jordanian handlers with a stream of useful intelligence leads, according to two former senior officials briefed on the agency's internal investigation. His track record as an informant apparently allowed him to enter a key CIA post without a thorough search, the sources said.
[/INDENT]

Wonder how many women and children were killed as a result of his "stream of useful intelligence leads".

 

[squarepusher]

The attacker, a physician-turned-mole, had been recruited to infiltrate al-Qaeda's senior circles and had gained the trust of his CIA and Jordanian handlers with a stream of useful intelligence leads, according to two former senior officials briefed on the agency's internal investigation. His track record as an informant apparently allowed him to enter a key CIA post without a thorough search, the sources said.
[/INDENT]

Wonder how many women and children were killed as a result of his "stream of useful intelligence leads".

CIA Bomber Was No Double Agent, Say Jordanians


By JAMIL HAMAD AND TIM MCGIRK Jamil Hamad And Tim Mcgirk – Thu Jan 7, 5:20 am ET

Senior Jordanian intelligence sources speaking to TIME on condition of anonymity have disputed the claim that Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi, whose suicide bombing of a U.S. facility in Afghanistan last week killed seven CIA operatives, had been a double agent working for al-Qaeda all along. Instead, they say, after he had initially been turned after being arrested by the Jordanians in 2007, al-Balawi had been a useful asset whose work had helped the Americans target al-Qaeda leaders. But, they claim, his outrage at the high number of civilian casualties inflicted in the resulting strikes may be the factor that prompted him to go back to the other side.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100107/wl_time/08599195217700

 

[Romulus]

Yeah.. double agent my ass.. just another recruit due to our foreign policy.

 

[Fiscal Conservative]

Yeah.. double agent my ass.. just another recruit due to our foreign policy.

Our foreign policy has a lot to blame for, especially here at home.