Strange Bedfellows Dept. (cont’d.): 3 New Allies Help C.I.A. in Its Fight Against Terror. The US explores cooperation with Libya, Syria and the Sudan in “defeating terrorism.”

“While we need the intelligence very much, the trick is that some of the

people we’re sharing with are people with whom our partnership will be

very limited,” said Gregory F. Treverton, a former vice chairman of the

National Intelligence Council, a group that oversees American intelligence

analysis. “We are not close friends with all these nations. All the people

we share with have their own interests. And they will cook the books to

pursue their own interests.”

Duh.

NY Times [“FMHreader”, “FMHreader”]