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If you want to understand Spygate you have to go back to the civil wars that have been raging over counterterrorism in the US and UK.
Bob Lambert, Martin Bridger, Arvinder Sambei (LCILP) and Martin Polaine (LCILP) were part of the realist wing.
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Bob Lambert, Martin Bridger, Arvinder Sambei (LCILP) and Martin Polaine (LCILP) were part of the realist wing.
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In 2005, I was told that MI5 and MI6 had created Project Contest. That they were going to support the Muslim Brotherhood and the Jamaat-i-Islami against Salafists. I said it was a flawed strategy.
Even though Salafists like Abu Hamza sent recruits to Afghanistan...
Even though Salafists like Abu Hamza sent recruits to Afghanistan...
OBL wasn't a hardcore Salafist. He was an Islamist.
He had built al-Qaeda with the help of Jamaat-i-Islami. His first port of call during the Afghan Jihad was to Qazi Hossain Ahmed. They then created welcome parties for foreign fighters.
OBL even funded a democratic party!
He had built al-Qaeda with the help of Jamaat-i-Islami. His first port of call during the Afghan Jihad was to Qazi Hossain Ahmed. They then created welcome parties for foreign fighters.
OBL even funded a democratic party!
The Islami Jamhoori Ittehad was a Nationalist-Islamist coalition funded by the Pakistani ISI and OBL. It fought elections in the 90s.
OBL was part of Pakistan's political furniture, not an unwelcome guest.
He and KSM knew everyone in Pakistan.
OBL was part of Pakistan's political furniture, not an unwelcome guest.
He and KSM knew everyone in Pakistan.
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It's not a secret in South Asia, so why did our intelligence agencies get it so wrong?
OBL was evil. No doubt about it, but so are those that protected him. He had friends in many capitals. People who wanted to conceal how OBL helped train mercenaries.
It's not a secret in South Asia, so why did our intelligence agencies get it so wrong?
OBL was evil. No doubt about it, but so are those that protected him. He had friends in many capitals. People who wanted to conceal how OBL helped train mercenaries.
Mike Flynn and others wanted to stop it. Stop the games. Fight radicals like Al-Qaeda and Islamic State and to confront nation states that covertly supported them.
That was the genesis of Spygate. Flynn was becoming a liability for the NatSec crowd. They had to get him.
That was the genesis of Spygate. Flynn was becoming a liability for the NatSec crowd. They had to get him.
