Feinstein blows our Pakistani cover

[Right Wing]

Until now, most people assumed that the US conducted its Predator strikes on Taliban and al-Qaeda targets from bases in Afghanistan. Now, however, Senator Dianne Feinstein has exposed a Pakistani partnership on Predator launches that the previous administration tried to keep quiet. Her offhand remark may put the entire program in jeopardy:

A senior U.S. lawmaker said Thursday that unmanned CIA Predator aircraft operating in Pakistan are flown from an airbase inside that country, a revelation likely to embarrass the Pakistani government and complicate its counterterrorism collaboration with the United States.

The disclosure by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), the chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, marked the first time a U.S. official had publicly commented on where the Predator aircraft patrolling Pakistan take off and land.

At a hearing, Feinstein expressed surprise at Pakistani opposition to the ongoing campaign of Predator-launched CIA missile strikes against Al Qaeda targets along Pakistan’s northwest border.

“As I understand it, these are flown out of a Pakistani base,” she said of the planes.

Hot Air Blog Archive Feinstein blows our Pakistani cover

[Psyclist]

"Chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee" - that would be an oxymoron, no?

[Susanna]

Originally Posted by Psyclist

"Chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee" - that would be an oxymoron, no?

[Bucks]

Prime example of undermining our security.

"It puts the Pakistani government in a far more difficult position [in terms of] its credibility with its own people. Unfortunately, it also has the potential to threaten Pakistani-American relations."

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[Fantasy Chaser]

Feinstein blows our Pakistani cover

Feinstein blows period.

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

Originally Posted by Fantasy Chaser

Feinstein blows period.

I doubt that she let the cat out of the bag by accident.
I firmly believe she did that purposely.

Folks many of our elected leaders are out and out without a doubt traitors.

If understanding thier political views doesnt reveal that one only has to add in thier ACTIONS!
Of course with that stated I do not in any way mean to deny the fact that they are STUPID as well.---TZS

[warpig]

I really doubt that this was a "slip" considering the source of the comment.

[Dupin]

Ah!

The US. Where else can a terrorist become an honored professor (Bill Ayers), a traitor come within a step of the presidency (John Kerry), and another who skated so close to treason that he might as well be one actually became our president (Bill Clinton).

Feinstein is just one of the pack.

[BullMooseTR]

Feinstein is a corrupt scumbag lawyer from San Francisco. She is a typical hypocrite politician , whose husband is a defense contractor who has made millions of dollars in profits off the Iraq war , and Afghan. war. This is why she has remained silent for the last 8 years. Gotta , protect my hubby. - Sen. Feinstein.

[TheOperative]

Man, I tell you we really have to watch Pakistan. They are hanging on by a thread.