March 30, 2008

Meet the Egg Man

Is there a legitimate reason why the head of the CIA wears his military uniform on tv? Don't we have enough trouble with our national image without Mr. Intelligence showing off his power? Koo ko, ka choo!
Hayden: Pakistan border poses danger

CIA Director Calls Afghanistan, Pakistan Border Region 'Clear and Present Danger' to US
HOPE YEN, AP News
Mar 30, 2008 12:39 EST
The situation in the border region between Afghanistan and Pakistan where al-Qaida has established a safe haven presents a "clear and present danger" to the West, the CIA director said Sunday.
[...] On Sunday, [Michael] Hayden declined to comment on reports that the U.S. might be escalating unilateral strikes against al-Qaida members and fighters operating in Pakistan's tribal areas out of concern that the pro-Western Musharraf's influence might be waning. Hayden only would say that Pakistan's cooperation in the past has been crucial to U.S. efforts to stem terrorism there.
"The situation on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border presents clear and present danger to Afghanistan, Pakistan, the West in general and United States in particular," he said. "Operationally, we are turning every effort to capture or kill that leadership from the top to the bottom."
On Iraq, Hayden said it could be "years" before the central government might be able to function on its own without the aid of U.S. combat forces. Hayden said he would defer to the specific assessments of Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, and Ryan Crocker, top U.S. diplomat in Baghdad, who return to Washington next month to report to Congress.
Hayden spoke on NBC's "Meet the Press."

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