[tomder55]

Sen. Dianne Feinstein ,chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee opened her fat piehole yesterday and disclosed to the world that the Predators patrolling Afghanistan and the Pakistan border tribal areas take off from a Pakistan air base .

How stupid is she ? She said that she was surprised by Pakistan's public opposition to the drones since they were taking off from a base inside Pakistan. Her spokesperson Philip J. LaVelle said they got the information from the Washington Compost. But why would she need an MSM source given her access to intel as the Committee chair ?

According to Bruce Hoffman, a terrorism expert at Georgetown University; "If accurate, what this says is that Pakistani involvement, or at least acquiescence, has been much more extensive than has previously been known," . "It puts the Pakistani government in a far more difficult position [in terms of] its credibility with its own people. Unfortunately it also has the potential to threaten Pakistani-American relations."

These inadvertent leaks happen too often with Democrats in postions with access to sensitive information to be a coincidence.

But then again ;this Afghan war and the war against AQ is supposed to be the good war . Why would she intentionally undermine it ? Maybe she is that stupid.

Edit :
I found the Compost article her spokesman was referring to
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...032700935.html
The key part of the article is the following quote:
The moves followed a tacit understanding with Musharraf and Army chief Gen. Ashfaq Kiyani that allows U.S. strikes on foreign fighters operating in Pakistan, but not against the Pakistani Taliban, the officials said.

[George_1950]

Sen. Dianne Feinstein ,chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee opened her fat piehole yesterday and disclosed to the world that the Predators patrolling Afghanistan and the Pakistan border tribal areas take off from a Pakistan air base .

How stupid is she ?

Perhaps she is just 'onboard'. Check this: "Yet, if the Taliban’s enemies in Russia, Iran, Pakistan and Central Asia will not assist us, this war cannot end well. And if they will not help, Obama should cut America’s losses, come home and let their neighbors deal with a triumphant Taliban." Obama and the Great Game | Patrick J. Buchanan - Official Website

[speechlesstx]

Looks like we have another candidate to replace Bush as "the dufus." These Dems are really jockeying for the honor of wearing the title.

Then the LA Times in all its brilliance is concerned that it might "embarrass" Pakistan. Gee, I'm sure embarrassment is exactly the biggest concern here.