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« Here's a story that deserves more coverage | Main | Strange happenings in Louisiana »

Off topic but quite annoying

Posted by David Hardy · 20 October 2007 08:53 PM

From ABC News, "The Case for Israel's Strike Against Syria":

"A senior U.S. official told ABC News the Israelis first discovered a suspected Syrian nuclear facility early in the summer, and the Mossad — Israel's intelligence agency — managed to either co-opt one of the facility's workers or to insert a spy posing as an employee....

But the hardest evidence of all was the photographs.

The official described the pictures as showing a big cylindrical structure, with very thick walls all well-reinforced. The photos show rebar hanging out of the cement used to reinforce the structure, which was still under construction."

Great. Some ^%&# leaker, for the sake of ego, or maintaining a tie with the media, plus ABC itself, for the sake of releasing a story, lets the world know that (1) there is a spy in the facility, (2) he took photos (let's start asking if anyone saw a fellow that might be hiding a camera) and (3) the exact state of the construction at the point when the spy was there and taking pictures.

· media

7 Comments | Leave a comment

Norman Yarvin | October 20, 2007 10:33 PM | Reply

Oh, I don't know. They might have gotten the intelligence via other means, and the spy business might just be a cover story, injected into the press to make the Syrians run around trying to find the spy, causing themselves no end of trouble, when really they should be beefing up their crypto capabilities, or watching more carefully for stealthy photograph-taking drone aircraft, or something.

Jim W | October 20, 2007 11:07 PM | Reply

I was going to say, this could be an intentional leak for the purpose of making the Syrians go around catching a bunch of spies that don't exist.

Flighterdoc | October 21, 2007 8:54 AM | Reply

Oh, but the media has to tell everyone because they have the right to know!!!

Of course, there aren't nearly enough media assholes put into danger by their own actions.

Letalis Maximus, Esq. | October 21, 2007 9:21 AM | Reply

It would have been funnier if the Izzies had put a mohel in the facility rather than a mole.

straightarrow | October 21, 2007 10:04 AM | Reply

You people didn't really think there was any felt responsibility by the MSM to do the right thing did you? Especially when they don't wish our survival.

MuzzleBlast | October 22, 2007 9:38 AM | Reply

"... (1) there is a spy in the facility ..."

Once they bombed the place, do you think he stuck around?

--MuzzleBlast

The Mechanic | October 22, 2007 6:57 PM | Reply

Those Syrians have got to be among the duller knives in the drawer to hire North Korea for expert help. Bunch a good comments on the original article's page.

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