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Curtis</font></b><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b><a href="books.html"><br> </a></b></font><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b> (310) 204-8700</b></font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><i>Copyright Jan.. 5, 2010<br>All Rights Reserved. </i></font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> <bAbout the Author</u> <p class="MsoNormal"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="style5">&nbsp;A</span>l-Qaida, once again, outfoxed the Central Intelligence Agency, inserting one of its own at Forward Operating Base Chapman near the Southeastern province of Khost along the Afghan-Pakistan border, blowing himself up, killing seven CIA officers and one Jordanian intelligence official.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>Detonating a suicide vest, the programmed assassin was<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>36-year-old doctor Humam Khalil Mohammed working as double-agent for the Jordanian General Intelligence Directorate, a close ally to the CIA in the U.S. war on terror.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>With Sept. 11 proving the CIA had two few ears on the ground in the Middle East, the CIA compensated by working with Israel s Mossad and Jordan s GID.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>Before blowing himself up, Mohammed entered Base Chapman without being searched, calling a meeting with key CIA officials to report on progress hunting Ayman al-Zawahiri, the Egyptian doctor second only to Osama bin Laden.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><span style="mso-tab-count:1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Advanced medical training doesn t immunize physicians from al-Qaida or Taliban brainwashing, where martyrdom is considered more important than individual survival.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>Mohammed was recruited by the GID while in Jordanian prison to infiltrate Bin Laden s al-Qaida terror organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>Since Sept. 11, the U.S. has been desperate for actionable intelligence, especially developed from key areas on the ground.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>Interrogating battlefield detainees in theater or at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba hasn t yielded the high value targets needed to prosecute the war on terror.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>Working with GID, enabled the CIA to get a leg up on spying, until the recent experiment backfired.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>Simple security procedures, like those practiced as most commercial airports around the globe, would have prevented the incident.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span> While it s difficult to ferret out double-agents, bomb detectors could have uncovered the plot.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><span style="mso-tab-count:1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Coordinating with other intelligence agencies got the Bush administration into hot water, misreading German intelligence that insisted Saddam Hussein had active biological and nuclear weapons programs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>While Mohammed s suicide bombing was the worst attack on the CIA since the 1983 Beirut U.S. Marine Base bombing, it was strangely parallel to the Nov. 6, 2009 massacre by U.S. Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, possibly a double-agent working for Yemen-based al-Qaida-affilitated radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, confirmed Hasan s connection to al-Qaida through al-Awlaki.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>Since Mohammed s recent CIA suicide bombing, it s going to be more difficult for the CIA to rely on foreign intelligence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>Jordan s GID knew Mohammed as Capt. Zeid, barely mentioning his death.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><span style="mso-tab-count:1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Jordan s official news agency indicated that Capt. Zeid was killed in Afghanistan, Dec. 30  as he performed his humanitarian duty with the Jordanian contingent of the U.N. peacekeeping forces, covering up his true identity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>Just like Maj.. Hasan, before the Fort Hood massacre, spoke publicly about his sympathies to radical Islam, Mohammed, too, shared his loyalty to radical Islam on al-Qaida s Web site.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span> When a fighter for God kills a U.S. Soldier on the corner of a tank, the supporters of Jihad have killed tens of thousands of Americans through their connection, Mohammed wrote on Jihadist forum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>Why the CIA was not paying attention to Capt. Zeid s rantings is anyone s guess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span> He s in the top five jihadists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>He s one of the biggest guns out there, said Jarret Brachman, author of  Global Jihadism:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; T</span>heory and Practice, stunned that Zeid slipped under the CIA s radar.<![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="mso-tab-count:1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Since Mohammed s suicide bombing, it exposed the close connection between the GID and CIA.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>Capt. Zeid was originally recruited to help track down Zawahiri.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>He hailed from the same Jordanian town as al-Qaida s chief Iraq operative Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, killed by June 8, 2006 by a CIA predator drone attack.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>While not confirmed, Capt. Zeid might have helped the GID track down al-Zarqawi.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>His defection to al-Qaida and suicide bombing of CIA officials might have avenged the death of al-Zarqawi.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>While that s speculation, security officials dropped the ball allowing Capt. Zeid to enter Base Chapman without going through bomb or metal detectors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span> If the Jordanian intelligence officer had been vouching for this guy, the CIA would definitely him on the base, said a former CIA officer, explaining how it was possible for Capt. Zeid to slip through Base security without getting checked.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><span style="mso-tab-count:1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>CIA officials must take an urgent inventory of security procedures at its extensive network of forward operating bases.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>No one, including CIA and U.S. military personnel, should go through security without extensive checking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>Had Capt. Zeid been run through<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>bomb or metal detectors, seven CIA officers and a GID agent would still be alive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>CIA officials must redouble efforts to profile the type of personalities prone toward undue influence and brainwashing, excluding them from high security-clearance assignments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>Since the Fort Hood massacre, physicians should be carefully screened, especially now that they ve been actively recruited into Bin Laden s suicide corps.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>No matter how inconvenient, no personnel whatever nationality should be immune to rigorous security checks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>No military or security force, either foreign or domestic, can rule out enemy infiltration.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><span class="style6">About the Author </span> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <b>John M. Curtis</b> writes politically neutral commentary analyzing spin in national and global news.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>He s editor of OnlineColumnist.com and author <i>of <a href="books.html">Dodging The Bullet</a></i> and <i><a href="books.html">Operation Charisma</a></i>.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> &nbsp;</p> </td> <td width="1" height="2576" rowspan="2"></td> <td width="1" height="2"><spacer type="block" width="1" height="2"></td> </tr> <tr height="2574"> <td width="133" height="2574" valign="top" align="left" xpos="0"><img height="172" width="111" src="images/johninframe3.jpg"></td> <td width="1" height="2574"><spacer type="block" width="1" height="2574"></td> </tr> <tr height="1" cntrlrow> <td width="133" height="1"><spacer type="block" width="133" height="1"></td> <td width="7" height="1"><spacer type="block" width="7" height="1"></td> <td width="182" height="1"><spacer type="block" width="182" height="1"></td> <td width="300" height="1"><spacer type="block" width="300" height="1"></td> <td width="1" height="1"><spacer type="block" width="1" height="1"></td> <td width="1" height="1"></td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" width="597"> <tr> <td><font size="1" face="Arial,Geneva,Helvetica"> <hr noshade size="1"> </font><a href="index.html"><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="2"><strong> Home</strong></font></a><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="2"><strong> || <a href="articlesindex.html">Articles</a> || <a href="books.html">Books</a> || <a href="teflon.html">The Teflon Report</a> || <a href="mailto:letters@onlinecolumnist.com"> Reactions</a> || <a href="aboutdiscobolos.html">About Discobolos</a></strong></font> <div align="left"> <p><font size="1" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">This site designed, developed and hosted by the experts at</font><font size="2" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"> <a href="http://www.cmeonline.net" target="_blank"><img height="30" width="138" src="images/cmelogoANIM.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle"></a></font></p> </div> <p><font size="2" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">©1999-2005 <a href="aboutdiscobolos.html"> Discobolos Consulting Services, Inc.</a><br> (310) 204-8300<br> All Rights Reserved. </font></td> </tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>