Real-life Espionage Incidents Discussion

[tom quinn]

(14-03-2011 09:01 PM)George Wrote:  Interesting programme tonight (actually is starting) on BBC2 (UK):

The Secret war on terror

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00zmccx

"The Secret War on Terror reveals the astonishing inside story of the intelligence war which has been fought against Al Qaeda over the last decade since 9/11."

re: the above programme i have to say that if the evidence to justify the war on iraq was evidentially flawed and missleading and so much was surpressed which we only know about thanks to wiki leaks then what do we not know about the current situation in libya?. i also refer to the incident where an mi6 officer was caught along with his sas minders by the rebels. part of this was down to the fact that the foreign office leaked the sugestion that the sas might be deployed and also of the fact that the mi6 officer and minders could have debarked the ship(hms cumberland i think) from the nearby port rather than landing a helicopter in middle of night. now lets fast forward and think of the talk of not being allowed to arm the rebels. what was the mi6 officer needed for then if not that possibility? the cia did it with the mujahadeen in afghanistan so why not mi6 with libya?