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The morning paper's ink stains my fingers: CCCXXI what should i take with me to the north? The morning paper's ink stains my fingers: CCCXX The morning paper's ink stains my fingers: CCCXIX The morning paper's ink stains my fingers: CCCXVIII The morning paper's ink stains my fingers: CCCXVII The morning paper's ink stains my fingers: CCCXVI i was your butch and you were touched September gurls do so much The morning paper's ink stains my fingers: CCCXV Monday, May 14, 2007
he said it's just work:
Ali Soufan was the FBI agent who administered the al-Qaeda oath of loyalty to Rafiq Sabir and his (alleged) would-be accomplices in the Bronx. You might recall Soufan from Lawrence Wright's book The Looming Tower, which recounts Soufan's investigation of the U.S.S. Cole bombing and then his pre-9/11 hunt for al-Q in the United States. It's remarkable that Soufan's high profile doesn't interfere with his effectiveness as an agent.
UPDATE: See Eric from TIA in comments. I believe the word is "pwnage." --Spencer Ackerman
At the end of the article, it mentions that Soufan is no longer an agent - so he doesn't have to worry as much about his high profile interfering with that work: |