bp vs. the cia

every now and again a story worthy of a film plot breaks in the media exposing a covert intelligence operation. last night, that happened.

the setting: tripoli, libya

the spy: douglas oriali

• known citizenships: canadian, australian, irish
• cover story: he’s an archaeologist visiting libya on holiday, some reports say he claimed to be warning bp about the environmental impact of a drilling operation on the libyan coast

the mission: according to libyan authorities, to gather intelligence on behalf of canadian intelligence and ultimately for the cia to ensure the failure of planned bp drilling operation in libya

the point of failure: oriali was surveilled by libyan authorities and was seen meeting with a us diplomat suspected of being a cia operative

the consequences: oriali is currently being detained in his hotel room. he has given up his bank details and details of his email conversations under questioning. his mobile phone and laptop have been confiscated. also (speculation), if oriali really is a canadian/contract spy, his career is definitely over.

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while it’s certainly normal for archaeologists with three passports to meet with american diplomats on holiday in a dictatorship, perhaps next time the cia could arrange for the actual meeting to take place outside of libyan jurisdiction.

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let the speculation on why the cia is sabotaging bp begin. wouldn’t it be great if the motive was a gulf of mexico adaptation of this?