Comments on: CIA Trial in Italy http://www.ruthgroup.org/2008/05/15/cia-trial-in-italy/ Reclaiming American Democracy Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:52:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jack Kaplan http://www.ruthgroup.org/2008/05/15/cia-trial-in-italy/comment-page-1/#comment-53845 Jack Kaplan Thu, 15 May 2008 19:23:36 +0000 http://www.ruthgroup.org/2008/05/15/cia-trial-in-italy/#comment-53845 The CIA might be hiding behind so-called "clumsiness". Better to fail as being incompetent and clumsy, than to be intentional and purposeful. So much of political explanation these days has been categorized under the heading of "incompetence" that one has to wonder. Just asking. The quote below made me wonder. Did the CIA have something to hide by breaking up Italy's covert operation pre-maturely? "They say his clumsy and illegal kidnapping erased years of police work that had put them on the verge of gaining valuable information about Muslim groups in Italy.” The CIA might be hiding behind so-called “clumsiness”. Better to fail as being incompetent and clumsy, than to be intentional and purposeful. So much of political explanation these days has been categorized under the heading of “incompetence” that one has to wonder. Just asking. The quote below made me wonder. Did the CIA have something to hide by breaking up Italy’s covert operation pre-maturely?

“They say his clumsy and illegal kidnapping erased years of police work that had put them on the verge of gaining valuable information about Muslim groups in Italy.”

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