Report: US knew about Kabul bomber, had him in drone sights but didn't pull the trigger

According to former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for western hemisphere affairs, Roger Pardo-Maurer, in an interview with Director of MRC Latino Jorge Bonilla, he was told that the Department of Defense already knew the identity of the Kabul bomber before the bombing in Kabul. Also, the DoD had intel as to when the attack would take place but did nothing to stop it.

If true, this is damning to the Biden administration and the intelligence community for sitting on their hands and doing nothing to stop the killings of 13 American military and almost 200 Afghans looking to flee the country.

[H/T Redstate]

🚨🚨🚨🚨 Per former Deputy Assistant SecDef Roger Pardo-Maurer, the DoD had foreknowledge of the Kabul bomber AND denied permission to fire to the Predator drone that had a lock on the bomber. pic.twitter.com/ZDh27drdwu

When asked about the report of intelligence communications showing we had general knowledge of when and even the gate where the attack would take place at Kabul airport, The Abbey Gate was at "highest risk."

Pentagon spokesman and propaganda distributor John Kirby refused to discuss it and complained about leaked intelligence, which should give you some clue as to the veracity of the claim.

Pardo-Maurer went further in his interview. He said not only did they know where and when it would happen, but that they had a Predator drone lock on the bomber, but that “they” refused to grant permission to take the guy out. “[Permission] was requested and was denied,” he said. Why? “Because we are in this process of negotiating with the Taliban who aren’t even in control of their own government or their own people.”

Remember, the Taliban offered to allow the US to control Kabul airport and the perimeter but the Biden administration refused. If I were a conspiracy theorist [which I'm not], I would posit that we were afraid to anger the Taliban if we took the shot on the suicide bomber to protect our people and the Afghans. If I had to guess, I'd call it Joe's "risk averseness."

Kirby needs to be grilled by the press and asked what the intelligence community knew, when did they know it and who the hell told them not to take the shot. Heads should roll, but hey, that's going to happen anyway, just not by us.

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