CIA left inert explosives on school bus after exercise

[Tracy Riddle]

And what is the CIA doing training dogs to look for explosives on school buses? Isn't that a job for the police or the FBI?

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-virgin...SKCN0WY59U

CIA left inert explosives on school bus after exercise
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) flag is displayed on stage during a conference on national security entitled ''The Ethos and Profession of Intelligence'' in Washington in this October 27, 2015 file photo. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
REUTERS/YURI GRIPAS

The CIA left behind inert explosives in a Virginia school bus used for a canine training exercise and students were transported in it before the materials were found, officials said.

The inactive explosives were discovered in the engine compartment when the Loudoun County Public Schools bus was undergoing maintenance, the Central Intelligence Agency said in a statement on Thursday.

A CIA canine team left the inert explosives behind after a detection exercise held at a high school during spring break, it said.

The school district in the Washington suburb said the materials were aboard the bus on Monday and Tuesday when it carried elementary and high school students.

"The CIA assured Loudoun officials the training material used in this exercise is stable and posed no danger to students on board the bus," it said in a statement.
The inert explosives were inside a container and part of them apparently fell out into the engine space, the school district said.

The CIA said the material had been recovered and that it was taking steps to review the training and tighten procedures in its canine program.

[Lauren Johnson]

Somewhere in my past, I thought the CIA was not supposed to operate within US borders. The FBI was supposed to do that. Here is the Wiki page on that:

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the U.S. Government, tasked with gathering, processing and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human intelligence(HUMINT). As one of the principal members of the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC), the CIA reports to the Director of National Intelligence and is primarily focused on providing intelligence for the President and his Cabinet.

Unlike the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which is a domestic security service, CIA has no law enforcement function and is mainly focused on overseas intelligence gathering, with only limited domestic collection. Though it is not the only U.S. government agency specializing in HUMINT, CIA serves as the national manager for coordination and deconfliction of HUMINT activities across the entire intelligence community. Moreover, CIA is the only agency authorized by law to carry out and oversee covert action on behalf of the President, unless the President determines that another agency is better suited for carrying out such action.[SUP][6][/SUP][SUP][7][/SUP][SUP][8][/SUP][SUP][9][/SUP] It can, for example, exert foreign political influence through its tactical divisions, such as the Special Activities Division.[SUP][10][/SUP]

Now they are leaving explosives on buses -- accidentally?

OK. My deep politics theory. This news event is designed to make us think this is entirely normal. Jeepers. I bet Barry is going to crack down on these guys since he is a "constitutional professor."

[Magda Hassan]

Since when do any one of the alphabet agencies use civilian populations, public spaces and facilities as their non-consenting training aides to do their training with explosives inert or otherwise?

[Lauren Johnson]

Since when do any one of the alphabet agencies use civilian populations, public spaces and facilities as their non-consenting training aides to do their training with explosives inert or otherwise?

I have a bad feeling about this seemingly innocent mistake -- they happen you know. The CIA partaking in training anti-terror exercises. It seems we are being prepared for terror attacks against civilians, especially children. IMO.

Bus bombings just like in Israel.

[Tracy Riddle]

After 9/11, Bush quietly lifted the domestic restrictions on the CIA. Obama has probably gone even farther in that direction. Who benefited from 9/11? The CIA sure did!