Episode 334 • • 1:39:28 - 1:42:57
334: "Hunker Down"
New York Times Drone Report and Al-Qaeda's Number Two
The New York Times reports that a CIA drone strike in Pakistan killed Al-Qaeda's "number two" leader, Atiyah Abd al-Rahman. The hosts question how the media identifies these leaders as "multi-talented managers" when they were previously unknown to the public. The story is viewed as a potential composite or code for secondary geopolitical tensions between the CIA and Pakistani intelligence.