"Fake CIA firms for spies failed"
"The CIA set up a network of front companies in Europe and elsewhere after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks as part of a constellation of "black stations" for a new generation of spies, according to current and former agency officials.
But after spending hundreds of millions of dollars setting up as many as 12 of the companies, the agency shut down all but two after concluding that they were ill-conceived and poorly positioned for gathering intelligence on the CIA's principal targets: terrorist groups and proliferation networks for unconventional weapons.
Yeah, right, they were shut down!
Pfffffttt!
Think we are buying this shit, lying fuck sticks?
No way!!!
The closures were a blow to two of the CIA's most pressing priorities after Sept. 11 - expanding its overseas presence and changing the way it deploys spies.
The companies were the centerpiece of an ambitious plan to increase the number of case officers sent overseas under what is known as "nonofficial cover," meaning they would pose as employees of investment banks, consulting firms or other fictitious enterprises with no apparent ties to the U.S. government.
But the plan became the source of significant dispute within the agency and was afflicted with problems, officials said. The bogus companies were far from Muslim enclaves in Europe and other targets. Their size raised concern that one mistake would blow the cover of many agents. And because business travelers don't ordinarily come into contact with al-Qaida or other high-priority adversaries, officials said, the cover did not work.
Officials said the experience reflects a struggle at the CIA to adapt to a new environment in espionage. The agency has sought to regroup by designing covers that would provide pretexts for spies to get close to radical Muslim groups, nuclear equipment manufacturers and other high-priority targets.
What a bunch of cover story crap!
But current and former officials said that progress has been painfully slow and that the agency's efforts to alter its use of personal and corporate disguises have yet to produce a significant penetration of a terrorist or weapons proliferation network.
All WASTED MONEY and WASTED TIME!!!!
"I don't believe the intelligence community has made the fundamental shift in how it operates to adapt to the different targets that are out there," said Rep.
The front companies were created between 2002 and 2004, officials said, and most were set up to look like consulting firms or other businesses designed to escape attention.
So when some American CIA "businessman" in foreign lands is accused of misconduct, that's just a plausible denial, isn't it?
How can we EVER BELIEVE in ANYTHING about America EVER AGAIN, readers?
Even alleged "truths" are LIES!!!!!!!!!!!
About half were set up in Europe, officials said - in part to put the agency in better position to track radical Muslim groups there, but also because of the ease of travel and comfortable living conditions. That consideration vexed some CIA veterans.
YOUR TAX DOLLARS at work so bureaucrat spies can VACATION in Europe!
Aren't you as livid as I am, readers?
Fuck the U.S.A. and it DISINGENUOUS DISHONESTY!!!!!!!!!!!
"How do you let someone have a white-collar lifestyle and be part of the blue-collar terrorist infrastructure?" said one high-ranking official who was critical of the program.
Well, if it is all a bogus, self-created, self-directed threat (like "terror" is), there is no problem, is there?
Enjoy the continent and vacation, spook!
But the plan was to use the companies solely as bases. Case officers were expected to adopt second and sometimes third aliases before traveling to their targets. The companies, known as "platforms," would then remain intact to serve as vessels for the next crop of case officers who would have different targets.
The concept triggered fierce debate within the agency, officials said.
The CIA is in the midst of rolling out a series of new platforms that are more narrowly targeted, officials said.
But the agency is still struggling to overcome obstacles, including resistance from many of the agency's station chiefs overseas, most of whom rose through the ranks under traditional cover assignments and regard the nonofficial cover program with suspicion and distrust.
Copyright © 2008, The Baltimore Sun"
This cinches it; I will NEVER BELIEVE the U.S. government or its MSM denials EVER AGAIN!!!
You blew it, Zionist MSM!!
For DECADES I faithfully believed and purchased your lying War Dailies EVERY DAY!
NEVER AGAIN, which explains this: Bloggers 1; New York Times 0
Yeah, how come this report didn't appear in the New York Times, readers?
The New York Times Continues to Lie About Bush's Spying
The Boston Globe Continues to Lie About Bush's Spying
I mean, Bush's Wiretapping Began BEFORE 9/11!! and the New York Times Admits Bush Administration Spying Began in December of 2000... BEFORE TAKING OFFICE!
Readers, when they lie day after day after day, what are we too think?
