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Friday, February 27, 2015

Hillary Clinton’s War on Libya Damaged U.S. Intelligence

Hillary Clinton’s 2011 campaign to drive Moammar Gadhafi from power did significant damage to U.S. intelligence, according to a top Libyan aide and U.S. intelligence officials.

The Libyan dictator provided regular reports to the CIA that helped capture or kill key al Qaeda figures and thwart terrorist attacks against American targets overseas, those sources said.

The Libyan regime, for instance, helped U.S. forces kill a key al Qaeda operative of a suicide attack on a U.S. air field in Afghanistan in 2007 when Vice President Dick Cheney was visiting.

It also helped foil a plan to attack the U.S. Embassy in Nigeria in 2005, according to U.S. intelligence sources who spoke to The Washington Times on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media.

“The Gadhafi regime was a productive source for counter-terrorism intelligence,” said a former senior intelligence official who was personally familiar with the information-sharing arrangement the U.S. had with Libya. “The relationship was healthy enough that even Mousa Koussa [the head of Libyan intelligence from 1994 to 2009] visited the CIA during the [George W.] Bush administration years.”

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3 comments:

Pete da Pirate said...

Hillary should have just continued her affair with Vince Foster and let Bill run off with Monica. She would now be happily knitting instead of getting appointed to positions she was unqualified to do.

Anonymous said...

Incompetence doesn't fully describe the lack of ability, knowledge and discretion here.

Unknown said...

HILLARY HAS DAMAGED MORE THAN OUR INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY SHE AND OBAMA HAS CAUSED THE WORLD TO LOSE FAITH IN OUR COUNTRY AS A WHOLE WHEN WILL THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THE DEMS ARE DIGGING THE USA IN A DEEPER GRAVE