Battle of Mogadishu operation
also: Battle of Mudisho, Battle of Mugadishu, Mogadishu disaster, Somalia tragedy
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Mogadishuplace · 6Presidential Intelligence Advisory Boardorganization · 3Les Aspinperson · 2Aldrich Amesperson · 2Bill Clintonperson · 2Arrest of Aldrich Amesevent · 1House Armed Services Committeeorganization · 1John Warnerperson · 1Nancy Soderberghperson · 1Bill Pickneyperson · 1
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CIA covered_up
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“requires that possibilities be reviewed at the outset, not in the heat of the moment. So the CIA will not give the military the appropriate intelligence, nor do they even anticipate after attacks that have killed UN people that you may need…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 50 (52) @ 37:25
United Nations funded
Battle of Mogadishu host_asserted
“is that this was UN sanctioned. This was by the UN. The UN brought us into this stuff. So if there's ever a link concerning the UN, NATO, and Operation Gladio and the whole nine yards, here it is, folks. It's in their charter. It was there.…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 50 (52) @ 1:02:10
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an eyes-only message complaining that the Delta Force had been misused, that this myopic focus on Hadid would not solve all of Somali's problems, and that Jonathan Howe had no idea what he was doing. Things are bad and getting worse, was hi…
▶ 49:17
He got an intelligence star. That's just crazy. The Senate Armed Service Committee and the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board both decided after study that the intelligence support to Somalia had been as good as could be expect…
▶ 50:31
that we've talked about, is on the agenda multiple times at the National Security Council. Not one time until all of the dead bodies. The Somalia tragedy changed a few things, according to the National Security Council Executive Secretary N…
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after she failed to attain a post as the Attorney General. On the other hand, Clinton's Intelligence Advisory Board actually met and had an agenda. Its post-mortem on the Mogadishu disaster has already been noted. Somalia brought more chang…
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But Les Aspin used the Somalia disaster to press Clinton for either a presidential intelligence advisory board study or a presidential commission made up entirely of its own board members. So let us look at ourselves because I'm not going a…
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whose agency Counterspies had finally identified as responsible for the loss of many agents. Ames' arrest focused enormous attention on the Directorate of Operations and led to demands for a review. Virginia Republican Senator John Warner s…
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So you get a bunch of military people killed, a dead guy drug through the streets for absolutely no reason. And we're going to put you in charge of everything. SR, go ahead. Thank you, Colonel. And as usual, thank everyone for attending her…