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Ex-CIA Operative Comes Out of the Shadows -- CBS News/60 Minutes
Tells 60 Minutes U.S. Needs Partners On The Ground In Pakistan To Take Out Taliban And Al Qaeda.
(CBS) You don't hear from people like Henry Crumpton very often. That's because "Hank," as he's known, spent most of his adult life as a spy for the CIA. Now he has stepped out of the shadows to tell how just after 9/11, at age 44, he masterminded the downfall of the Taliban and al Qaeda in Afghanistan.
He did it with just a handful of CIA officers, military special operations teams and an army of Afghan tribal warriors. Crumpton probably knows more about the fight against al Qaeda and the Taliban than almost anyone else.
And now that he is out of the CIA, he makes no secret anymore about what he did to defeat them in 2001.
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My Comment: This is a refreshing story .... one that many of my contacts in the U.S., Canada, and Russia (yes Russia) have been telling me (and anyone else who would listen) on what the U.S./NATO and our allies should do in Afghanistan.
Unfortunately .... I am very skeptical that the White House is listening.
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