The National Guard shooting suspect was in one of the CIA's 'Zero Units'

[reACTIONary]

Source: WaPo, no paywall

The man charged with shooting two National Guard members in D.C. is an Afghan national who came to the United States in September 2021 and worked with the CIA.

Lakanwal was part of one of the CIA’s “Zero Units” that were involved in combat missions to seize or kill suspected terrorists, according to several people familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss details of the investigation. Further details about his specific role and service with the CIA are not yet known.

Read more: https://wapo.st/4pgh7Nt

[Submariner]

1. Maybe this whole Afghan catastrophe could have been avoided

if Bush took the families of the 15 Saudi and 2 UAE plane hijackers (of the 19) to GITMO for some interrogation of who funded this operation.

Because we wouldn't want to screw up and let them off scot free and reward them with F-35 fighters and purchase of farm land and its groundwater supplies, would we?

[Baitball Blogger]

4. It's really been an avalanche since then, hasn't it?

[RockRaven]

2. This is the sort of thing which would normally be fodder for the Alex Jones types

but their racism and their fealty to The Dotard is stronger than their conspiracizing tendencies.

[AZJonnie]

3. You take the words from my mouth quite often, Rock Raven

So, obviously ... agreed!

This whole episode was MIGHTY convenient for Trump, and if this person was actually involved with the now-Trump-controlled CIA, that is certainly something quite worthy of further investigation. At minimum, I suspect the families of the soldiers will be VERY interested to learn more about that particular connection

[Stacey Grove]

5. Actually

the consequences for "collaborators" are often quite horrific and are well-documented throughout history. This guy wouldn't make it off the tarmac if he got deported back to Afghanistan.

If Kamala Harris was our rightful President, NONE of this would have happened.

I'll say it until my next deathbed: WHITE PEOPLE COULD STOP THIS SHIT ANY TIME THEY WANTED TO. They choose not to.

[Bayard]

6. I'm trying not to think of a plot,

Involving the CIA and trump, to put DC under martial law. But then, conspiracies are easy to believe these days.

[sinkingfeeling]

7. CIA trained assassin?

[marble falls]

8. Curiouser and curiouser.