Thursday, March 20, 2008

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Some counterterrorism officials say their agencies missed early opportunities to attack the network from within. Relying on Cold War tactics such as cash rewards for tips failed to take into account the religious motivations of Islamist radicals and produced few results.

-The Times
You know, what's hilarious about shit like this is that those Cold War tactics didn't actually work during the Cold War. The US never penetrated the Kremlin, and the dudes we gave the cash too took it and told us fairy tales which, of course, we believed.

Posted by IOZ at 11:28 AM | email »
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6 comments:

Anonymous said...

You know what else is hilarious?
IOZ wrote: "The US never penetrated the Kremlin...."
Do I hear "coitus interuptus"?
Anyone?
Anyone?

Mike

11:51 AM
Ashley said...

I remember an interview with one of the former Russian spy big-shots in DC who was actively attempting to recruit for 20(?) years. He said in all his time he never once successfully recruited a single turn-coat. The three or four successes he had (I believe Ames the CIA cat was one of them) were Americans who solicited him directly.

11:51 AM
paolaccio said...

I'm here because of Ashley...

12:46 PM
bdr said...

It's that choosing allegiance to their God over guaranteed cash that convinces good Christian Americans the jihadists are in league with the devil.

1:01 PM
cb said...

The US never penetrated the Kremlin, and the dudes we gave the cash too took it and told us fairy tales which, of course, we believed.

Hey, that cash got us some good propaganda. In this country, fairy tales are worth paying for; the actual truth is worthless.

1:20 PM
TGGP said...

I thought we did penetrate the Kremlin. They penetrated the White House, so it all came out a wash.

8:16 PM

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