CIA as target

ARTICLE: CIA base attacked in Afghanistan supported airstrikes against al-Qaeda, Taliban, By Joby Warrick and Pamela Constable, Washington Post, January 1, 2010

Would appear, at first glance, that this would be the major reason for the attack.

Inevitable, when you think of it: drones becoming so big, CIA being so big in their deployment, ergo CIA becomes target of retaliation for their successful employment.

Like most things, these attacks get interpreted as a "major setback" when--most often--they represent friction in response to serious advance on our part. You want no friction, you avoid any movement, but if you move forward, don't expect anything but more friction.

Comments

[Ted O'Connor]

Some terrorists organizations end up focusing their efforts targeting the people who are targeting them. Dirty wars then begin. Army generals, intelligence officers, police officials get killed. Then people who are "connected" to known terrorists start turning up dead. Tupamaros, Shining Path, IRA, the Basqs all killed men who were trying to kill them.

I regret the deaths of our officers. Conditions in that area made it damn near impossible to follow accepted rules for handling informants. Because they tried to get the job done in spite of obstacles they paid the ultimate price. they died for their country.

[Louis Heberlein]

It is amazing how many long news articles are out now with numerous quotes from different government sources who 'could not be identified because they were not authorized to speak to media.'