CIA leaves U.S. soldiers blind against terrorists.(INSIDER REPORT)

"Two former CIA allies in Afghanistan are now fearsome warlords responsible for killing scores of American troops in the escalating border war," the New York Daily News reported in a December 2 article. The article, entitled "Ex-CIA allies leading Afghan fight vs. G.I.s," focuses on Afghan warlords Jalaluddin Haqqani and Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the principal jihadist leaders carrying out attacks on U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Both are reportedly receiving generous financial support from al-Qaeda-linked Arabs, as well as steady infusions of Arab recruits and advisers.

The CIA has extensive files on Hekmatyar and Haqqani, which is not surprising since both were favored "clients" of the agency during the 1980s and '90s. Hekmatyar, especially, was a major recipient of CIA cash, weapons, and supplies. However, this historical relationship between U.S. intelligence and the terrorists is news to many of the young U.S. Special Forces soldiers who are tasked with hunting terrorists in Afghanistan's forbidding mountain terrain. Understandably, some of them are upset to learn that the CIA has withheld this information from them. The Daily News quotes one unidentified U.S. soldier in Afghanistan as being "shocked" that our government has denied this intelligence to our men on the ground. "The information would have been extremely useful," he said.

One of the CIA's former Afghan hands, Michael Scheuer, argues that it's critically important for U.S. commanders to have access to this intelligence. "You'd know the whole lay of the land if you reviewed the information we had," Scheuer told the Daily News. Another ex-CIA agent, Vince ...