Questions about the overall leadership of the U.S. effort come at a critical moment for Mr.
Obama's Afghanistan strategy six months into what he said would be an 18-month-long surge, and as the CIA director said fighting there is "harder" than expected.
Source:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jun/27/lawmakers-say-obama-faces-last-chance-afghanistan/
As it turns out, retired CIA agent John Kiriakou has an active imagination, basically.
Source:
http://rawstory.com/2009/2010/01/revealed-excia-agent-basically-up-waterboarding-details/
Al Qaeda has claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing in Afghanistan last month that killed seven CIA employees and contractors and a Jordanian military officer, according to a statement posted on Islamist Web sites.
Source:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/01/07/afghanistan.cia.al.qaeda/index.html
The accused "underwear bomber" made a dramatic final call to his father that he found so alarming, the father approached Nigerian officials who took him directly to the CIA's station chief in the Nigerian capital, sources told ABC News.
Source:
http://abcnews.go.com/WN/bombers-phone-call-father/story?id=9457361
