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<THREAD> @CIA released what it claims are the final public files from Bin Laden’s lair. I’m all for transparency, but this isn’t about that.
In Jan, DNI, which led the declassification effort, released what it said was the final tranche of Bin Laden files. icontherecord.tumblr.com/post/156086067… 
The DNI-led review was overseen by career intel officials, who concluded that, w the Jan files, all those of public interest were released.
But a funny thing happened when CIA Director Pompeo came into office. I’m told he re-launched a review of the files.
In doing so, he took officers away from important missions to pore—and re-pore—over the millions of documents.
How can we be sure this was a CIA effort? Unlike previous releases, today’s files are hosted on CIA.gov, not the DNI site. 
Why would he do that? It seems he’s convinced the unreleased files would tie al-Qa’ida to Iran.
He said as much at the gathering of a conservative group, @FDD, opposed to the Iran deal in September. weeklystandard.com/pompeo-promise… 
As luck would have it, CIA provided an advance copy of today’s files to @LongWarJournal, this group’s publication. longwarjournal.org/archives/2017/… 
The ploy is transparent despite the fact that the newly-released documents don’t tell us anything we didn’t already know.
What’s not as transparent are the motives of Pompeo, the administration’s leading and most influential Iran hawk.
But these moves suggest he’s reverting to the Bush administration's playbook: Emphasize terrorist ties as a rationale for regime change.
Remember Cheney on @MeetthePress, pointing to Atta’s supposed Prague meeting w Iraqi officials? It was a key element of the march to war. 
History doesn’t repeat itself but it does rhyme. Need to remain vigilant to ensure Pompeo isn’t able to write it. <END>
