Irony Is Lost On the CIA

A recent CIA paper cited Jewish acts of terrorism in the West Bank in its analysis of whether the United States is an exporter of terrorism.

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The documents analyze U.S.-backed Jewish, Muslim and Irish terrorist attacks. They conclude that international perceptions that the United States is an exporter of terrorism may lead to foreign countries’ non-cooperation in anti-terrorism operations and less willingness to share relevant intelligence. Those perceptions could even lead to the arrest of CIA or other American agents overseas, according to the documents.

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The papers were released by the whistleblower website WikiLeaks Wednesday. They were classified under the relatively low-grade “secret.”

  Jewish Times

How very interesting – the CIA is concerned with whether the USA is an exporter of terrorism.

One of the fun aspects of Empire is how many ironies it creates. -- Glenn Greenwald

After David Headley, the Central Intelligence Agency feels that there will be a growth in US citizens being recruited by extremist groups to carry out terror attacks abroad that could give the nation the tag of an ‘exporter of terror’, a secret CIA report posted by whistleblower website WikiLeaks has revealed.

  Indian Express

The whole of Latin America is laughing at that one, not to mention Korea and all of Southeast Asia. Talk about closing the barn door after the horse is gone.

“If the US were seen as an exporter of terrorism, foreign partners may be less willing to cooperate with the US on extrajudicial activities, including detention, transfer, and interrogation of suspects in third party countries,” the report says.

Oh, I see. The "exporter of terror" tag that the CIA is concerned about only includes our "partners".

The CIA is concerned that the tag of an ‘exporter of terror’ would reduce America’s leverage as a victim with foreign governments.

....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.