The agent or agents who have been compromised: that's one of the things that keeps marching through my head. And I'm never going to know whether those assets were gotten out in time, or whether they're dead, or what happens to their families. For sure, one source of important intelligence has been eliminated. But I'm never going to know, unless of course Trump finds out and thinks it would make a cool story. I hope I live long enough to read the long stories to come in about 20 years or so.
Yes, the truth might be worse than the current story, but we have to get at the truth first. I'm reminded of 9-11, and people asking how "so much time" could have passed between the Tower hits without jets being scrambled or people being alerted, etc. Well, careful second-by-second analysis showed how it happened, and how it *could* happen absent any sort of government conspiracy.
That this soldier apparently went out armed and alone would be alarming under any circumstance, and in this case it turned out to be catastrophic. But it's not unimaginable. Who could imagine that a trusted CIA resource would be invited into a secure facility without being scanned or searched, only to blow himself and a half-dozen CIA operatives up? Who could imagine that a well-known former NFL player could be killed by friendly fire and it would take many long months before anyone could force out the sad, confounding facts?
This is why we have to demand that the investigation be done thoroughly, with oversight. Meanwhile there must be wounded civilians to care for and families for whom the only material compensation we can offer is financial. And yes, I care deeply. This is horrifying.
The agent or agents who have been compromised: that's one of the things that keeps marching through my head. And I'm never going to know whether those assets were gotten out in time, or whether they're dead, or what happens to their families. For sure, one source of important intelligence has been eliminated. But I'm never going to know, unless of course Trump finds out and thinks it would make a cool story. I hope I live long enough to read the long stories to come in about 20 years or so.
Yes, the truth might be worse than the current story, but we have to get at the truth first. I'm reminded of 9-11, and people asking how "so much time" could have passed between the Tower hits without jets being scrambled or people being alerted, etc. Well, careful second-by-second analysis showed how it happened, and how it *could* happen absent any sort of government conspiracy.
That this soldier apparently went out armed and alone would be alarming under any circumstance, and in this case it turned out to be catastrophic. But it's not unimaginable. Who could imagine that a trusted CIA resource would be invited into a secure facility without being scanned or searched, only to blow himself and a half-dozen CIA operatives up? Who could imagine that a well-known former NFL player could be killed by friendly fire and it would take many long months before anyone could force out the sad, confounding facts?
This is why we have to demand that the investigation be done thoroughly, with oversight. Meanwhile there must be wounded civilians to care for and families for whom the only material compensation we can offer is financial. And yes, I care deeply. This is horrifying.