Targeting Giuliana

[clem_c_rock]

http://www.pej.org/html/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2079&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

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The top U.S. general in Iraq, Army gen. George Casey, has stated that the US had no indication that Italian officials gave advance notice of the route of the vehicle in which Giuliana Sgrena and slain officer Nicola Calipari were riding. As a former Air Force intelligence officer, I would argue that this statement is absolutely ludicrous. Based upon intelligence collection capabilities of even 28 years ago, it is reasonable to assume that the US intercepted all phone communication between Italian agents in Iraq and Rome, monitored such traffic in real time and knew precisely where Sgrena’s vehicle was at all times, without advanced notice being provided by Italian officials.

During the early 1970s, it was my job to monitor intelligence collected on the Korean peninsula. It was my responsibility to report serious anomalies to the White House by means of a secure phone.
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[Cessna Invesco Palin]

1. Yeah, we've got great intelligence capabilities

That's why Osama is still at large, and it took us how long exactly to find Saddam? (that is, assuming the stories about the Kurds finding him first aren't true.)