02 May 2011

Your bin Laden Update

The most interesting bit is the dog that did not bark, one of the red flags that tipped off the CIA was the fact that a rather expensive, on the order of $1 million, but there were no phone lines or internet connectivity.

After the Moonie Washington Times revealed that we were monitoring his satellite phone in the 1990s, we went old school on his communications, using only couriers, and so, when he set up his homestead a mile from the Pakistani military academy (Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?!?!?) he was having none of telecommunications thing, and that lack marked him.

On the truly weird side, it turns out that the raid was life tweeted by someone (@ReallyVirtual) who was unaware of the raid, and was just complaining about the helicopters late at night.

There is a bigger picture, but that's the next post.
Posted by Matthew Saroff at 10:55 PM
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2 comments :

Cthulhu said...

The obvious reason being, that the Pakis are NOT our friends, and we're pouring billions of dollars we can't afford in the bank accounts of people who actively screw us over.  Of COURSE the Paks knew Osama was there, and were probably getting pay offs from him as well.   We need to cut ALL foriegn aid to these people.

03 May, 2011 10:16
Matthew G. Saroff said...

The Pakistani security services are a lot like the Imperial German Navy before WWI.


They are so focused on "Der Tag", what the German Navy referred to as their cataclysmic confrontation with the Royal Navy, and what the Pakistanis see as their final battle with India over Kashmir, that they miss doing their job almost completely.

03 May, 2011 23:08

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