This is the kind of thing I like to hear from the CIA in it's hunt for Al-Qaeda and it's henchmen:
The CIA has been using armed drones to attack alleged terrorists inside the tribal area, as U.S. military forces are barred from pursuing al-Qaida and Taliban fighters across the Afghan border.
Hayden would not say what else the CIA is doing, if anything, to target terrorist enclaves there.
"It's hard for me to get into any details. I understand the situation there and I'm comfortable with the authorities we've been given," he said.
"There's an awful lot of senior leadership killed or captured including even in the last several months," he said.
Despite al-Qaida's resilience, taking out bin Laden would be a psychological blow to the organization, Hayden said.
"If there ever was a sense of invulnerability I think killing or capturing him would shatter it once and for all," he said.
Bin Laden is believed to be hiding in the lawless tribal areas of western Pakistan. The new Pakistani government is negotiating a new peace agreement with the tribes that would have them expel extremists and police the region on their own. Hayden said he believes the result will be similar to the last agreement Pakistan struck with the tribes - nothing is likely to change.
"Any peace agreement that does not move the effective writ of the Pakistani government into the tribal region and push the rule of law there gives these groups the opportunity to continue to train, refit and move across the Afghan border. It's something we certainly could not look kindly on," Hayden said in the telephone interview.
Now we're talking! Let Pakistan know that we're not fucking around when it comes to Al-Qaeda. Hunt them down and kill them all. If Pakistan raises a stink, we'll look at our aid package and see if they change their tune when they see we won't be sending in as much arms and money as we used to. I'm sure the Indians would love to see their enemy weakened because of it's lack of a backbone when it comes to terrorists in thier own back yard.
Personally, I'd like to see CIA agents, SEAL teams, and other covert operations literally COVERING Pakistan looking for clues and conducting operations that capture or kill every, single, last Al-Qaeda member, including Bin Laden.
Travis
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