Here is an interesting exchange between Bill O'Reilly and Michael Scheuer from the January 31st edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor.
They are discussing Germany's indictment of 13 CIA officers by Germany.
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O'REILLY: People are going to be rounded up, and they shouldn't be. This is what happens in a war.
But Angela Merkel's supposed to be a friend -- the chancellor of Germany -- is supposed to be a friend of the USA. Do you think this was some overzealous left-wing prosecutor doing this?
SCHEUER: Well, that's what it turned out to be in Italy. I'm not sure what the game plan is in Germany, sir. I don't -- I really don't know that much about German politics.
But I think, at the end of the day, the duplicity of the Germans will come through. Most of the Europeans are rather duplicitous. They're more than willing to take the information the CIA has gathered from these people to protect their countries, but they're not willing to avoid playing politics with the career of CIA officers who risk their lives.
http://mediamatters.org/items/200702010002
MeidaMatters has more of this exchange. Take a look at it.
Hat tip to No-Pasaran
Bill O'Reilly grates on my nerves. I think he is an idiot.
I still think this is an interesting exchange.
Michael Scheuer was a former CIA analyst. He was the head of the CIA's Osama bin Laden unit during the Clinton administration. He authored Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror
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