[Clowns] = "Oops, we 'accidentally' left a bunch of our HUMINT 'assets' in Iraq when we left (so Iran could scoop'em up & use them against us). Sorry bout that."
(sarc. fictitious quote)
→ Ref: IRAQ ATTACKS
This article from November = might've flown under the radar here, but it's relevant now: (7000 documents sent to The Intercept)
(The Intercept - Nov 17, 2019)
A SPY COMPLEX REVEALED
"Leaked Iranian Intelligence Reports Expose Tehran’s Vast Web of Influence in Iraq"
(excerpts - article is much longer)
Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani, commander of Iran’s Quds Force, in Tehran in March 2015.(pic related)
Now leaked Iranian documents offer a detailed portrait of just how aggressively Tehran has worked to embed itself into Iraqi affairs, and of the unique role of Suleimani. The documents are contained in an archive of secret Iranian intelligence cables obtained by The Intercept and shared with the New York Times for this article, which is being published simultaneously by both news organizations.
The unprecedented leak exposes Tehran’s vast influence in Iraq, detailing years of painstaking work by Iranian spies to co-opt the country’s leaders, pay Iraqi agents working for the Americans to switch sides, and infiltrate every aspect of Iraq’s political, economic, and religious life.
And the documents show how Iran, at nearly every turn, has outmaneuvered the United States in the contest for influence.
According to the reports, after the American troop withdrawal in 2011, Iran moved quickly to add former CIA informants to its payroll. One undated section of an intelligence ministry cable shows that Iran began the process of recruiting a spy inside the State Department. It is unclear what came of the recruitment effort, but according to the files, Iran had started meeting with the source, and offered to reward the potential asset with a salary, gold coins, and other gifts. The State Department official is not named in the cable, but the person is described as someone who would be able to provide “intelligence insights into the U.S. government’s plans in Iraq, whether it is for dealing with ISIS or any other covert operations.”
“The subject’s incentive in collaborating will be financial,” the report said.
→ AND THIS ←
[C_A] Human Assets (Iraqi "Donnie Brasco") - Left Behind for Iran to Exploit = Accident?
(Remember, this was the height of the [Hussein] era - after 2011 Iraq pull-out)
According to the intelligence ministry documents, Iran has continued to take advantage of the opportunities the United States has afforded it in Iraq. Iran, for example, reaped an intelligence windfall of American secrets as the U.S. presence began to recede after its 2011 troop withdrawal. The CIA had tossed many of its longtime secret agents out on the street, leaving them jobless and destitute in a country still shattered from the invasion — and fearful that they could be killed for their links with the United States, possibly by Iran. Short of money, many began to offer their services to Tehran. And they were happy to tell the Iranians everything they knew about CIA operations in Iraq.
In November 2014, one of them, an Iraqi who had spied for the CIA, broke and terrified that his ties to the Americans would cost him his life, switched sides. The CIA, according to the cable, had known the man by a nickname: “Donnie Brasco.” His Iranian handler would call him, simply, “Source 134992.”
Turning to Iran for protection, he said that everything he knew about American intelligence gathering in Iraq was for sale: the locations of CIA safe houses; the names of hotels where CIA operatives met with agents; details of his weapons and surveillance training; the names of other Iraqis working as spies for the Americans.
Source 134992 told the Iranian operatives that he had worked for the agency for 18 months starting in 2008, on a program targeting Al Qaeda. He said he had been paid well for his work — $3,000 per month, plus a one-time bonus of $20,000 and a car.
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Present consequences of previous traitors' actions.
Intentional assistance to Iran?
Assets left in place.
What friggin idiot just leaves ALL THAT INTEL behind?
https://theintercept.com/2019/11/18/iran-iraq-spy-cables/