The analyst says information gathered in advance enabled the Iranian colonel’s rescue mission
US intelligence agencies had already carried out the necessary groundwork to locate the missing colonel Inside IranPaul Mauro said Monday that the operation relied on intelligence collected long before the mission began.
“You have to collect, collect, collect, and a lot of it that sometimes you’ll never use,” Mauro told Fox & Friends.
“The key is when you need him, he should be there.”
Mauro pointed to the Maduro case, which unfolded at the behest of the Trump administration in January, noting the ability of US forces to determine where the Venezuelan dictator and his wife would have been located at the time in order to effectively arrest them.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth shakes hands with an American pilot on a secret visit to US Central Command with troops in theater. (Minister of War/X)
“They caught him while they were running to a safe room Without a scratch. “Everyone comes out without a scratch.”
“They caught them on the run. That’s how detailed the messages were, and that’s how synchronized the operation was.”
Mauro said the same level of preparation and coordination was evident in the mission in Iran, where US forces are located Missing United States saved Weapons Systems Officer From an F-15E that was shot down after a search operation that lasted several days inside enemy territory.
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Artificial intelligence is a big factor in the Iran war, and Iran understands this. (Istock)
American intelligence was able to move quickly to recover the missing colonel once his whereabouts were confirmed.
“(this) It was one of those situations where the bell rang. “Guys, what do you have?” The President turns around, (Secretary of War) Hegseth turns around, (and) they’re all talking to (CIA Director John) Ratcliffe and saying, ‘What’ve you got, Director?’ Fortunately, he was there.”
Mauro said the operation highlights a broader truth about intelligence work that is clear to those working within its community: that its success is due to the people who manage the sources.
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“At the end of the day… “It’s about the people,” he said.
“If you think you can sit in a cubicle somewhere and get everything done, it’s not going to work that way. You need people in the country, in dangerous areas, Americans working on our behalf that you’ll never hear about… They manage the sources, so that, again, when you need it, they say, ‘My source is good.’“
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