INCAPACES DE RESPONDER A PREGUNTAS BÁSICAS

The suicide bomber who killed seven CIA officers and one Jordanian intelligence official in Afghanistan last week was an al-Qaeda double agent (WashPost). Jordanian intelligence recruited Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi to penetrate al-Qaeda's senior circles in Afghanistan. The attack dealt (NYT) a damaging blow to the agency's efforts against militants in the remote mountains of Afghanistan, destroying an elite team and delaying hope of penetrating al-Qaeda's upper ranks. It also could damage relations between Jordanian and U.S. intelligence agencies.

A U.S. military intelligence officer in Afghanistan, Major General Michael Flynn, sharply criticized the work of U.S. intelligence agencies in the country. In a report issued Monday by the Center for a New American Security, Flynn said (BBC) intelligence agencies were still "unable to answer fundamental questions about the environment in which U.S. and allied forces operate and the people they are trying to protect and persuade." He said U.S. intelligence should focus less on al-Qaeda and the Taliban and look at the larger picture of how Afghanistan operates.

SI ELLOS, IN SITU, ESPECIALIZADOS, CON INMENSOS RECURSOS SON INCAPACES DE RESPONDER ¿QUÉ ESPERAR DE NOSOTROS, DESDE OTRO ESCENARIO CON OTRA CULTURA Y SIN MÁS RECURSOS QUE LOS QUE NOS PROPORCIONAN LOS MEDIOS? DESDE NUESTRA OCEÁNICA IGNORANCIA ¿CÓMO EXPLICARNOS Y EXPLICAR, COMPRENDER Y HACER COMPRENDER A AL-QAEDA Y LOS TALIBANES?