Michael Scheuer
Michael Scheuer
Michael F. Scheuer is a former CIA intelligence officer, American blogger, author, foreign policy critic, and political analyst. He is currently an adjunct professor at Georgetown University's Center for Peace and Security Studies. One of his assignments during his 22-year career was serving as Chief of the Bin Laden Issue Stationfrom 1996 to 1999. He also served as Special Advisor to the Chief of Alec Station from September 2001 to November 2004...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublic Servant
CountryUnited States of America
tangled
We are tangled in a very significant Islamic insurgency in Iraq.
attack enemy tradition warning
Warning your enemy before you attack him is very much a tradition in Islam.
arabic crazy drawing guys kinds quality rush
There's no quality control. You'll have guys out there with a smattering of Arabic drawing all kinds of crazy conclusions. Rush Limbaugh will cherry-pick from the right, and Al Franken will cherry-pick from the left.
almost talking
They have always been almost puritanical in talking about setbacks.
dangerous threat within worldwide
This is a worldwide and still very dangerous threat and is well within what he has said before.
clearly despite dominate isolated media proves wants
It proves two things. He's not dead. And despite all the things we say about him being isolated and alone, he can clearly dominate the international media when he wants to.
bush huge wants
There's been a huge wedge between what the analysts think and what the Bush administration wants them to say.
chance thinking
The thinking was that he (bin Laden) was in Afghanistan, and he was dangerous. But because he was there, we had a better chance to kill him,
asked people president
We asked the president what we should do with the people we capture.
action covert dirty hands rather view
She was always of the view that she would rather not get her hands dirty with covert action.
extra fighting fights-and-fighting mile offer warn
When Saladin was fighting the Crusaders, he would warn them, he would offer them a truce, he would try to go the extra mile before attacking.
frankly resigned
Frankly when I resigned in November, there wasn't anyone.
settled worst
But at the end of the day, we settled for the worst possibility -- he was there and we didn't do anything.
attacks bin countries designed rethink support
In all cases, bin Laden indicated that these attacks would be designed to make the countries rethink their support for America.