Iran, Hezbollah uncover CIA informants

More than a dozen operatives caught

Reuters - In an apparently serious setback for U.S. intelligence against a key adversary, Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shi'ite militia, has succeeded in identifying and arresting informants within its ranks who were working for the CIA, current and former U.S. officials said. Separately, counterintelligence officers in Iran also succeeded in uncovering the identities of at least a handful of alleged CIA informants, the officials said. Some former U.S. officials said that the CIA informants, believed to be local recruits rather than U.S. citizens, were uncovered, at least in part, due to sloppy procedures - known in the espionage world as "tradecraft" - used by the agency. But Bob Baer, a former CIA operations officer whose books inspired the Hollywood movie Syriana, said that Hezbollah's counterintelligence capabilities are formidable and should not be underestimated >>>

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ham1328

If you believe this, then I have a bridge to sell you...

by ham1328 on Thu Nov 24, 2011 03:55 AM PST

It's just a smoke screen by CIA, to give their enemies faults hope.


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What an Opener

by Piyalechi on Wed Nov 23, 2011 09:54 PM PST

What an opener for Gen. (RET) David H. Petraeus, the director of the CIA!...

I sure wouldn't want to be in his shoes, right about now, but I am certain that he is the man who can handle it!

Noush... 

For what it's worth, the CIA hasn't had a a full fledged director for over 6 years since Porter J. Goss. And when things aren't going well at the top, it isn't reasonable to think that the rest of the system is working like a well oiled machine!...

However, considering his service as a top notch general who started as an infantry officer in 1974, witnessed the saga of hostage taking in Tehran and the killings of 240+ Marines in Beirut as he served, I'd say he and his peers - be they retired from the service or wherever they may be in the US' enormous military/intelligence system now - have got something special in the bag for the Mullahs et al. and will deliver it to them before it's all over with...

Salman jaan, sleep easy baby and dream the sweet dreams of your Islamic Democracy!

Noush!...


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