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Monday's Mini-Report
Political Animal —
... in the wake of last week's horrific terrorist attack in Mumbai. * ABC News reports today that U.S. intelligence agencies warned their Indian counterparts several weeks ago about a potential terrorist attack "from the sea against hotels and business centers in Mumbai." Among the specific locations included in the U.S. warning was the Taj hotel. * Governors, who have to run balanced budgets, are ...
The spy who cried “wolf”?
Unqualified Offerings —
By Thoreau ABC News is reporting that US intelligence agencies warned India of the Mumbai attacks. Maybe they did. However, it’s interesting that the report says: U.S. intelligence agencies warned their Indian counterparts in mid-October of a potential attack “from the sea against hotels and business centers in Mumbai,” a U.S. intelligence official tells ABCNews.com. A second government source says specific locations, including the Taj hotel, were listed in the U.S. warning. They say that multiple locations were mentioned by US intelligence, and one of those locations was among the places actually attacked. Now, here in the US we’re ...
No More Mister Nice Blog — ... In fact, according to ABC's Brian Ross, advance warning of the Mumbai attack came not only from U.S. intelligence but from an Indian intercept of a Pakistani satellite phone conversation. But pay no attention to that, because it doesn't fit the master narrative: liberalism = no intelligence-gathering = WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE. ...
