And the war goes on.... and on.... and on.
"Karzai's aide: UK 'to blame' for Taliban impostor
LONDON (AP) – A man leading the Taliban side of peace talks with the Afghan government fooled MI6, Britain's foreign spy service....
That doesn't seem to be too hard.
The Times of London reported that MI6 paid hundreds of thousands of pounds to the impostor to keep the talks on track....
That's a good use of your tax dollars!
Former Taliban Cabinet minister Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansour , a former civil aviation minister during Taliban rule, was a well-known leader and had a high profile job in the movement's ruling council. It is not clear why officials would have had such a difficult time identifying him.
But step through the scanner and deposit all your biometric information here, free citizen.
President Hamid Karzai's younger brother, Ahmed Wali Karzai, told The Associated Press in a telephone interview from southern Kandahar that high-profile Taliban seeking contacts with the government are nervous and rarely want their identities divulged.
Related: The Boston Globe's Invisible Ink: Karzai's Kin
Yeah, I guess he would know.
"When someone high level from the Taliban meets with anyone they always say 'don't mention my name to anyone'" because they are afraid of the Taliban, Karzai's youngest brother and chairman of the Kandahar provincial council said by way of an explanation for how NATO may have been fooled.
Michael Scheuer, a CIA veteran who was the point man in the hunt for Osama Bin Laden until 2004, told The AP in an e-mail that the Taliban's strength and the U.S. administration's stated goals of getting out of Afghanistan has created desperation for successes.
So how was the hillside shoveling, Mike?
Did you ever meet CIA asset Tim Osman?
I'm no longer interested in what some controlled dissident from the CIA has to say.
If you are quoted by my paper you are part of the system.
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Related: US says ‘Taliban leader’ in secret talks was impostor (By Dexter Filkins and Carlotta Gall, New York Times)
Aghan official blames Taliban imposter on British secret service (By Alan Cowell, New York Times)
I won't read them, and you can see why.
Also see: Globe Editorial Who deceived, and why?
Yeah, Globe, let's start with all the Iraq lies blared from the front pages of my newspapers and then work backwards.
Also see: US Talking to Itself in Talks With Taliban
And the deceptions continue to this day.
