"Attention Al Qaeda: This man, Mohammad Naeem Noor Khan, is working undercover for Pakistani intelligence. Do not give him any more information about your plans!"
Yep, that's basically what the Bush administration did in the course of their spirited defense of the new Terra Alert. Mr. Khan, the al Qaeda "computer expert" who provided the three-year old information underlying the current Terra Level, was a mole working for Pakistani intelligence. Emphasis on fucking WAS!!!!!
Can't the Bushes do ANY GODDAMNED THING RIGHT?
Pakistan: U.S. blew undercover operation
Al-Qaida suspect was secretly cooperating with counterrorist sting
more after the jump
The al-Qaida suspect named by U.S. officials as the source of information that led to this week's terrorist alerts was working undercover, Pakistani intelligence sources said Friday, putting an end to the sting operation and forcing Pakistan to hide the man in a secret location.
They are the most secretive administration in history, and when they do open their gobs, it's to expose undercover agents who are WORKING FOR US!
Google for his name... there are 1,920 hits for his name already. Good thing Al Qaeda doesn't have an Internet connection, or we are fucked.
And WHY did the Bushists expose this highly valuable intelligence source? Why do they do ANY of the damned things they do? To defend themselves from criticism, of course! Just like they did with Valerie Plame!
Under pressure to justify the alerts in three Northeastern cities, U.S. officials confirmed a report by The New York Times that the man, Mohammad Naeem Noor Khan, was the source of the intelligence that led to the decision.
A Pakistani intelligence source told Reuters on Friday that Khan, who was arrested in Lahore secretly last month, had been actively cooperating with intelligence agents to help catch al-Qaida operatives when his name appeared in U.S. newspapers.
Fucking wonderful. And this guy had special skills and connections as well, now useless to us:
Zafar Qasim, a computer science professor at Nadir Eduljee Dinshaw Engineering University, where Khan graduated in 2001, told the PA that Khan was a "genius student" who finished near the top of his class. He said Khan never appeared interested in any militant activity and never missed a class.
A senior intelligence official said Khan's wife was the sister of a "top ranking" leader of the Taliban, the former rulers of Afghanistan.
I'll bet he was the most valuable human intelligence source we HAD on al Qaeda.
Intelligence and security experts said they were surprised that Washington would reveal information that could expose the name of a source during an ongoing law enforcement operation.
Well, I would say those experts were surprised, they have not been observing the goddamned Bush Administration too goddamned closely. They can't do any goddamned thing right, and they will do anything to avoid accountability.
It's time to start calling for resignations. Now.