TCTI: Too Crazy Too Ignore
 Dave Ross

Is it really what it seems?

May 9, 2012 @ 9:04 am (Updated: 9:15 am - 5/9/12 )

All of us are obviously delighted that al Qaeda's latest plot was foiled. And what a story! The guy who volunteered to blow up his new improved underwear was actually a double agent! Planted by Saudi Arabia!

And the CIA wanted to keep him there, but this plot was apparently so far along that the only way to stop it was for the agent himself to volunteer as the suicide bomber. And he not only turns over the bomb, he pinpoints his senior commander, who is then promptly blown up by a drone.

I have to say, this is a very reassuring victory in the battle formerly known as the war on terrorism.

The only thing not reassuring about this reassuring victory -- is reading about it on a BAJILLION websites!

Of all the top secret secrets the US government has, wouldn't this be at the tippy tippy top? The only thing we should know about this guy is that: he got the bomb, and then, so sad, there's an accident, and a smudge in the desert somewhere.

At least that's the story you put out.

But instead there's this flood of details so that now, al Qaeda knows that everyone who volunteers to blow himself up is a double agent.

How could something like this get leaked. Unless that was the whole point.

The old double-pysch. Maybe the guy in fact wasn't a double agent, and they captured a real suicide bomber but they deliberately put it out that he was a double agent, and he's being paid a million bucks, and there are others like him, implying that the whole suicide corps is compromised, so that now al Qaeda has to purge all their suicide bombers, crippling their operation.

Could we be that good?

If we are, I guess I should probably not be saying anything.

So never mind.

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  • ron prevost wrote...
    Well, if Who's on first and What's on second................
    May 9, 2012 8:32 am
    Don't confuse me Dave. I'm about as old and befuddled as you are. .................. But, let's take the Saudi agent one step further. If al-Qaeda need MORE convincing - and this agent actually DID blow himself up - would he GET the non-existent 73 virgins because he was on the side of Control rather than Chaos ??? .. Anything is possible. We know the Red Sea is boiling hot off Saudi Arabia - so why wouldn't there be pigs with wings ? ... ... But all in all, I'm not sure Oz understands this game any more than you or I do.
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  • William Lawn wrote...
    ron, you are not mocking a religion, I hope
    May 9, 2012 9:47 am
    Are you sure the 73 virgins are non-existent?
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  • ron prevost wrote...
    It's actually 72 - but it IS a myth
    May 9, 2012 10:09 am
    Paradise is to be whatever a true believer imagines it to be. Just as the rivers of Paradise will run with milk and honey (yes, Islam tells the same story) so might there be virgins. This likely started over 900 years ago when young men were plied with hashish to become assassins for a Turkish Islamic sect. Usually when awakened from their stoopers, they found themselves on (very Earthly) pleasure gardens and were told that was a preview of Paradise. ........... From assasinations, the mythical leap to JIhad was easy. ... Not really much different than when knights off to the Crusades were promised absolution if they dies in battle. ................................................... Me - I'll settle for a tied ball game in the fifth inning in July - for MY Paradise.
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  • Chuck Gould wrote...
    From the CIA to the terrorist commander;
    May 9, 2012 8:45 am
    Going for a walk in the desert?

    Rather than merely drone on and on, we're sending along a little gift to help ensure your outing is a real blast.

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  • doubleogordo wrote...
    The war "formerly known" as the war on terrorism?
    May 9, 2012 8:57 am
    ??? there is nothing former about it.
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  • fartforce1 wrote...
    Yes, we should know everything. Thats the point.
    May 9, 2012 9:49 am
    This guy was dead in the eyes of alqaeda anyway, and was an agent. So its a huge ugly smack in the face wiht a shoe of great size. Its emabarising for them and makes them feel unprotected. Thats part of the plan my man.
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  • deltta wrote...
    Dave
    May 9, 2012 9:54 am
    It's an election year. And Galley has had one to many energy drinks
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  • William Lawn wrote...
    Perhaps the little pig will get one too many abuse reports
    May 9, 2012 2:17 pm
    At least need to get a new email and ID.
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  • deltta wrote...
    bill, do you actually think Gally cares?
    May 9, 2012 3:16 pm
    This the internet for f n sake. It's not like this is family, or is it.......
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  • William Lawn wrote...
    People like this?
    May 9, 2012 5:59 pm
    Yeah it is the only family he'll ever have. Who else could stand him?
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  • deltta wrote...
    Well Bill
    May 9, 2012 7:17 pm
    I think this is all rather funny. You see i've known Gally my whole life. He does have an odd sense of humor, and winding you guys up has become a hobby for him.
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  • Drool wrote...
    Actually It's a Great Idea
    May 9, 2012 10:05 am
    Al Qaeda will spend an inordinate amount of time looking for the enemy in their midst and ratcheting up security....kinda like what they did to us.
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  • Rainier Gally wrote...
    Delta
    May 9, 2012 10:13 am
    Is spot on. Chucktard is still the flounder from animal house when it comes to blog comments
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  • deltta wrote...
    About the energy drinks
    May 9, 2012 1:32 pm
    or the fact our CIC is a pimp
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  • Fuego wrote...
    We don't need
    May 9, 2012 10:21 am
    to know alot of what goes on in the black op world of the CIA or special forces. I would like to think that the White House would appreciate the importance of keeping things secret versus blabbing about how we screwed over Al quieda.
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  • kata wrote...
    @fuego
    May 9, 2012 10:53 am
    I agree.
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  • sportsguru wrote...
    I am more pissed
    May 9, 2012 11:08 am
    That "ron prevost" always seems to get the first post on all these threads. :)
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  • ron prevost wrote...
    @ sportsguru
    May 9, 2012 11:19 am
    they usually post the story between 8:30 and 8:55. So if you want to grab it, comment about 9:00. Feel free. It's not easy trying to come up with a witty response to Dave - and often being only a half wit.
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  • Dalamar437 wrote...
    Psychological Warfare?
    May 9, 2012 11:25 am
    If I've learned anything it's that there are a ton of people watching out for us that are much smarter than me and full of clever ideas. What if revealing this infiltration publicly is exactly what they want to instill in the terrorist? Create a deep suspicion in their own org. Get them thinking, "Don't trust your own inner circles!" I'm guessing this violation of their trust has been deeply demoralizing. Maybe more tricks like this will get them to disband and go home? ...probably wishful thinking on my part. :)
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