This is scary news from McClatchy newspapers:
A growing al Qaida-backed insurgency, combined with the Pakistani army’s reluctance to launch an all-out crackdown, political infighting and energy and food shortages are plunging America’s key ally in the war on terror deeper into turmoil and violence, says a soon-to-be completed U.S. intelligence assessment.
Yep, a nuclear power with al Qaida types all over the place is descending into a violent, chaotic cesspool. Makes you sort of pine for the days of Pervez Musharraf, doesn’t it.
Equally scary is this part of the article:
Six U.S. officials who helped draft or are aware of the document’s findings confirmed them to McClatchy on the condition of anonymity because NIEs (National Intelligence Estimate) are top secret and are restricted to the president, senior officials and members of Congress.
So much for “top secret” when we have not one, not two, not three, but SIX intelligence officials blabbermouthing to the media about a draft intelligence report.
