CIA abduction in Italy shows U.S. bungling-experts

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Hey consider who their boss is.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - CIA agents charged with kidnapping a Muslim cleric in Milan appear to have bungled their way into an international incident by ignoring the most basic rules of the spy trade, experts say.


Far from the suave discretion of James Bond, experts say the operatives who snatched radical Muslim cleric Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr on Feb. 17, 2003, sound more like the bumbling secret agent Austin Powers of movie fame.

"Instead of super-sleuths, they were like elephants stampeding through Milan. They left huge footprints," said former CIA clandestine officer Melissa Boyle Mahle.

Media reports say the agents placed phone calls to CIA headquarters on unsecured lines, ran up $145,000 in bills at luxury hotels and operated far enough in the open for Italian authorities to learn their operational identities.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&e=5&u=/nm/20050629/ts_nm/security_italy_cia_dc

[Jara sang]

1. Come to Northern Virginia if you want to see that in action.

I swear sometimes it seems as if everyone you run into works for or used to work for "The Agency" around here.

[0rganism]

2. Yeah, baby, yeah

[burrowowl]

3. Even in the 60's

local people in Central America knew who the CIA persons were.
They are rather spottable.