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CIA Leak: What If Foreigners See the United States as an "Exporter of Terrorism"?

From Wikileaks.org:

This CIA "Red Cell" report from February 2, 2010, looks at what will happen if it is internationally understood that the United States is an exporter of terrorism;
'Contrary to common belief, the American export of terrorism or terrorists is not a recent phenomenon, nor has it been associated only with Islamic radicals or people of Middle Eastern, African or South Asian ethnic origin. This dynamic belies the American belief that our free, open and integrated multicultural society lessens the allure of radicalism and terrorism for US citizens.'
The report looks at a number cases of US exported terrorism, including attacks by US based or financed Jewish, Muslim and Irish-nationalism terrorists. It concludes that foreign perceptions of the US as an "Exporter of Terrorism" together with US double standards in international law, may lead to noncooperation in renditions (including the arrest of CIA officers) and the decision to not share terrorism related intelligence with the United States.


Access the report here on Wikileaks.org

Useful media coverage of the leak

  • WikiLeaks Shows CIA's Soft Side, Adam Weinstein, MotherJones (25 August 2010)

    @wikileaks Twitter posts about the leak

  • LEAK: CIA Red Cell Memorandum on the United States as an "Exporter of Terrorism" http://bit.ly/coiatW (source)
  • CIA has confirmed the validity of the "Exporting Terrorism" paper (source)
  • CIA usually does not confirm, so CIA likely wants to use Red Cell leak to push for policy change in US (source)
  • CNN baldly lies, stating SECRET//NOFORN is lowest level of classification http://bit.ly/cpCayz (source)
  • Indian, not US press, has the best writeup of the CIA's "Exportation of Terrorism" leak: http://bit.ly/b07IHR (source)
  • CIA warns of violent American Jews | JPost http://bit.ly/95i9Lm (source)

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