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Thursday, July 19, 2007 12:00 AM

A "safe haven" for al-Qaida in Pakistan

A conversation with Buzzy Krongard, the executive director of the CIA from 2001 to 2004, about the new National Intelligence Estimate and al-Qaida's resurgence in Pakistan.
By Alex Koppelman

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  • Thursday, July 19, 2007 06:09 AM

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    Interesting that Krongard refers to Afghanistan as "absolutely textbook-perfect", in terms of cooperation. The story I keep hearing is that Rumsfeld prevented the military from sealing off the Pakistan border at Tora Bora, letting bin Laden escape, because CIA were in charge there rather than DOD. This might have been a good point on which to follow up. Why is Krongard talking to the press now, anyway?

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