Complaints of Syria's spying on Lebanon ring hollow (attacks CIA

[wakeme2008]

SUSAN TAYLOR MARTIN has two major pieces in the Sunday's St. Pete Times. This and the one on DSM.

http://www.sptimes.com/2005/06/26/Columns/Complaints_of_Syria_s.shtml

Complaints of Syria's spying on Lebanon ring hollow
By SUSAN TAYLOR MARTIN, Times Senior Correspondent
Published June 26, 2005

No matter what you think about Syria, it's a little disingenuous, if not hypocritical, for the United States to complain so loudly about the presence of Syrian intelligence agents in neighboring Lebanon.

What about the CIA? Do our own agents never leave their woodsy headquarters in Virginia?

On Friday, the day after the State Department claimed Syria still had agents in Lebanon, it was revealed that an Italian judge has ordered the arrest of 13 CIA operatives accused of seizing an imam in Milan in 2003 and spiriting him to Egypt.

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[Moderator]

1. Great article, but it's not breaking news

This is a news analysis/opinion piece.