US leak of Zarqawi letter riles Israelis

[kpete]

The Sunday Times April 09, 2006

US leak of Zarqawi letter riles Israelis

ISRAELI military intelligence officials have accused President George W Bush’s administration of undermining their attempts to infiltrate Al-Qaeda’s operations in Iraq by revealing the contents of a secret letter written by Osama Bin Laden’s second-in-command, writes Uzi Mahnaimi.

Israel passed the letter — in which Ayman al-Zawahiri outlined his Middle East strategy to Abu Musab al- Zarqawi, the Al-Qaeda leader in Iraq — to Washington last October on condition of strict anonymity.

Israeli officials were dismayed, however, when John Negroponte, the US director of national intelligence, made it available in both English and its original Arabic on his office web site.

Bush then referred to it during his weekly address. “The Al-Qaeda letter points to Vietnam as a model,” the president declared. “Al-Qaeda believes that America can be made to run again. They are gravely mistaken. America will not run and we will not forget our responsibilities.”

Israeli intelligence sources said officials who had worked on “Operation Tiramisu” inside Iraq took emergency steps to protect their sources, but it was not clear how successful they had been in averting the damage to their intelligence network.

They said Bush’s indiscretion had undone months of painstaking effort.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2125730,00.html

[seabeyond]

1. kinda like bush outing the guy in england and ruining their

operation because bush wanted it out there fro the campaign. tell ya. cant trust the man

[kikiek]

2. This administration doesn't hesitate to reveal information that exposes

others to danger and ruins gathered intelligence that protects our national security, and other nations security as well, as long as it suits their needs. This really needs to be brought up time and again until people get it.

[acmejack]

3. Any one else notice a pattern here?

Seems to be happening a lot with this misAdministration of late...