A White House aide told Pakistani intelligence chief Ehsan ul-Haq that the best days to announce the killing or capture of any target would be July 26, 27 or 28, coinciding with the first three days of the Democratic National Convention in Boston, the Magazine cited an unidentified subordinate of ul-Haq as saying.
wow, and i thought i was just a cynic. apparently nothing is beyond politics.
of course, if they failed, they could still pull that "#2 is surrounded and pakistani's are closing in", which was good for modest support in the markets back at the january top.
