Fear-monger THIS: Taliban’s 2nd-in-command nabbed in Pakistan

And buried in 6 point type in the middle of the MSNBC.com homepage (gotta flog the Olympics) is this:

Taliban’s 2nd-in-command nabbed in Pakistan
Bin Laden associate is most senior Afghan Taliban leader caught since ’01

Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the No. 2 behind Afghan Taliban founder Mullah Mohammad Omar and a close associate of Osama bin Laden, was captured in a joint CIA-Pakistani operation in the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi

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His capture represents a significant success for the administration of President Barack Obama, which has vowed to kill or seize Taliban and al-Qaida leaders in Afghanistan and Pakistan. It follows the ramping up of CIA missile strikes against militant targets along the border between the two countries that have reportedly killed many midlevel commanders.

"This is a major terrorist who has been at the core of Taliban operations for years. Having him off the battlefield means the near-term disruption of plotting against coalition forces in Afghanistan," a U.S. counterterrorism official told NBC News.

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The New York Times said it learned of the operation against Baradar last Thursday but delayed reporting it at the request of White House officials who argued that publicizing it would end a valuable intelligence-gathering effort by making Baradar's associates aware of his capture.

Note the last paragraph. The announcement of his arrest was delayed because HE WAS BEING INTERROGATED.

Soft on terror, my ass.