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Why is this so shocking? I keep seeing people point out that he was near by a military academy. There's plenty of documented history of US and Russians spies in
by edge17 15y ago
Why is this so shocking? I keep seeing people point out that he was near by a military academy. There's plenty of documented history of US and Russians spies in eachother's agencies.
In fact, I have read stories about the area I grew up in (suburb of DC) with CIA safehouses, etc.
It's fairly well documented that there are sympathizers within the Pakistani govt. It's all quite corrupt and the world views from that vantage point are quite different than the world views from the US.
- MichaelSalib 15y agoWhy is this so shocking? Er, I never said anything was shocking.... There's plenty of documented history of US and Russians spies in eachother's agencies. I don't tend to think of West Point as equivalent to the CIA.... In fact, I have read stories about the area I grew up in (suburb of DC) with CIA safehouses, etc. Sure, and if the claim is 'OBL was hiding right under the noses of the ISI', I'd have no problem with it. What I disagree with is the notion that 'OBL was hiding right under the noses of the Pakistani equivalent of West Point'.
- srd11 15y ago"Why is this so shocking? I keep seeing people point out that he was near by a military academy. There's plenty of documented history of US and Russians spies in each other's agencies." Its odd because OBL wasn't a low level clandestine agent. It's like if we had found Saddam Hussein next to a military base in Jordan.