When will we learn that going off half-cocked never works. I sometime despair at the sheer stupidity of the US intelligence services. We can never wait for situations to develop and continue to strong arm other countries into following our lead when it is clear that we do not have a clue. Look
here for more evidence of our incompetence.
US pushed MI5 into airport terror swoop
The US warned Britain that it was prepared to seize the key suspect in the UK's biggest ever anti-terrorism operation and fly him to a secret detention centre for interrogation by American agents, even if this meant riding roughshod over its closest ally, The Observer can reveal......
.....The revelation casts new light on the nature of America's relationship with Britain in the war on terrorism and provides further evidence of its suspicions that Pakistan was not fully committed in the war against al-Qaeda......