I don’t know if he was testing out material for a stand-up act, but CIA Director Porter Goss made me howl with laughter this morning.
In an interview, he claimed that he has “an excellent idea of where [Osama bin Laden] is.” But his reasoning behind the lack of action?
He cited some of the difficulties as “dealing with sanctuaries in sovereign states, you’re dealing with a problem of our sense of international obligation, fair play.”
Yeah, we’ve really been held back by our doctrine of fair play lately, haven’t we?
Translation.
They don’t have any assets we can pillage.