Senator Diane Feinstein, chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee let it slip last week that the CIA launches Predator drones from a secret base in Pakistan. Although she claims that she was simply stating what had already been reported in the Washington Post, her defense is weak, given her position and access to sensitive information. She said "As I understand it, these are flown out of a Pakistani base." Her comments came during a televised hearing. It has already been established long ago that Democrats cannot be trusted with matters of national security. Or for that matter, the economy. This is just one more slip up in what has been an otherwise unimpressive start to the Obama administration.
According to the London Times, the base is located in Shamsi, about 190 miles southwest of Quetta, a possible staging area for Al -Qaeda senior leadership.
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