National Intelligence Estimate – Al-Qaeda back stronger then
ever – Who’s Kidding Who???
Submitted by richardstoyeck
The Intelligence apparatus of the United States is required
to publish what is referred to as the National Intelligence Estimate.
It is a distillation of the major intelligence issues facing the
United States as seen through the eyes of some 17 different
intelligence organizations. One of the purposes of the National
Intelligence Estimate is to CYA. If something bad were to happen, at
the very least the bureaucracy could then point back and say, see, it
was in the Estimate.
This latest one is very special in that you must read between the
lines to understand what it is saying. Some of the key concepts are “US
Homeland will face a persistent and evolving terrorist threat over the
next three years. …Main threat comes from Islamic terrorist
groups and cells, especially Al-Qaeda. Group has protected or
regenerated key elements of its Homeland attack capability, including:
as a safe haven in the Pakistan Federally Administered Tribal Areas
(FATA). We assess that..Al-Qaeda’s association with Al-Qaeda Iraq’s
helps Al-Qaeda to energize the broader Sunni extremist community,
raise resources, and to recruit and indoctrinate operatives, including
for Homeland (meaning United States) attacks.”
This is not
what you said Two Years Ago, Mr. President!!!!
In the last National Intelligence Estimate two years ago, Al-Qaeda
was on the run, broken up, being smashed. There was supposedly a
direct link between the war in Iraq and the lessened threat level
presented by Al-Qaeda. This is why we say; you must read between the
lines of the latest estimate. If things were so bad for Al-Qaeda just
two years ago, how could they have to quote the document, “REGENERATED”?
What were we doing, sleeping at the switch.
Let’s Look Back a Moment
1) We had Bin Laden
trapped in Afghanistan after the 9/11 tragedy, absolutely trapped.
Instead of finishing the man and his people with our own troops who
were present and capable of doing the job, we paid the local trial
leaders in American $100 dollar bills to do the job. Bin Laden paid
them more, and escaped successfully with his underlings to the safety
of the Pakistani mountains where he is today.
2) We have given President Musharraf over $10 billion in cold
American currency to finish Bin Laden and he never got the job done.
He constantly gives lip service to the task, but nothing happens. In
fact, Musharraf cut a deal with the chieftains protecting Bin Laden to
let them administer these provinces, and now the chiefs have not
adhered to their side of the bargain.
3) President Bush has always stated that this country is safer
because we went into Iraq. This latest National Intelligence Estimate
does not agree with that assessment, although the intelligence
agencies will not say so directly. The fact that Al-Qaeda has
reconstituted itself and is bigger and stronger than ever clearly
tells you that the resources, which have gone into Iraq, were a
diversion from the real war on terrorism, which is Al-Qaeda.
For
more on this topic, please see our expanded article on our website
About the Author
Richard Stoyeck’s background
includes being a limited partner at Bear Stearns, Senior VP at Lehman
Brothers, Kuhn Loeb, Arthur Andersen, and KPMG. Educated at NYU, and
Harvard University, today he runs Rockefeller Capital Partners and
StocksAtBottom.com
http://www.stocksatbottom.com/al_qaeda.htm
