Brent Scowcroft: US Has Spies On the Ground in Iran

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U.S. Has Spies On the Ground in Iran: Former National Security Advisor
By Jeremy Scahill

As violence continues on the streets of Tehran, RebelReports has learned that former US National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft has confirmed that the US government has spies on the ground in Iran. Scowcroft made the assertion in an interview to be broadcast on the Al Jazeera program “Fault Lines.” When asked by journalist Avi Lewis if the US has “intelligence operatives on the ground in Iran,” Scowcroft replied, “Of course we do.” (See Video)

While it is hardly surprising that the US has its operatives in Iran, it is unusual to see a figure in a position to know state this on the record. New Yorker journalist Seymour Hersh and Former Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter both have claimed for years that the US has regularly engaged in covert operations inside of Iran aimed at destabilizing the government. In July 2008, Hersh reported, “the scale and the scope of the operations in Iran, which involve the Central Intelligence Agency and the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), have now been significantly expanded.”

In the Al Jazeera interview, Scowcroft defended President Obama’s position on Iran, which has been roundly criticized by Republicans as weak and ineffective with some characterizing Obama as a “de facto ally of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.”

Scowcroft tells Al Jazeera: “We don’t control Iran. We don’t control the government obviously. There is little we can do to change the situation domestically in Iran right now and I think an attempt to change it is more likely to be turned against us and against the people who are demonstrating for more freedom and, therefore, I think we need to look at what we can do best, which is to try to influence Iranian behavior in the region, and with nuclear weapons.”

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http://rebelreports.com/post/129610205/brent-scowcroft-us-has-spies-on-the-ground-in-iran

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1. Unfortunatly, we have a lot more than spies on the ground in Iran. nt

[Hippo_Tron]

2. Ummm I dunno how to put this other than...

DUH! Of course we have human intelligence in Iran.

[Liberation Angel]

3. What a complete A-Hole Scowcroft is

As a former National Security advisor, he knows better than to answer like this when Obama is doing everything in his power to make sure the Iranian government KNOWS that we do not have "spies" instigating these protests.

As time goes by it seems more and more that the argument used by this Iranian regime that all the protests are western backed instigation will drown out the freedom/student movement in Iran.

Scowcroft fans the flames of the funeral pyres burning the students and undermines Obama's credibility on this issue.

Frankly I think BFEE remnants may want to fan these flames to undermine Obama and to promote their war agenda.

Traitorous IMHO.

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4. Well said.

Another from the Bush era giving away intelligence. When will one of them be help responsible.