Red faces
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| Ninez Cacho-Olivares |
From replies of the foreign envoys to the note verbale sent by the Department of Foreign Affairs getting them to clarify their advisories related to a credible terror threat, it certainly looks like DFA, and more specifically, Noynoy Aquino, who had publicly crabbed about not being informed beforehand on this terror threat, should be sporting red faces today.
The foreign envoys, more specifically Australia, pointed out that the Department of National Defense (DND), the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (Nica) were notified by the foreign governments about intelligence reports of a fresh terrorist threat in the Philippines.
And there was Noynoy, publicly complaining that the advisories of a terrorist threat issued by six foreign governments are without any basis, and petulantly insisted that, as the Philippines is an ally of the foreign powers, they should have informed the Aquino government of the terror threat.
But as the foreign envoys pointed out, all the intelligence agencies and the defense and police departments were informed beforehand, which makes Noynoy look like an ignoramus in such security matters..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/
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