Analyst : The intelligence gathered on bomb plot ##ters ` ` the ability to get on the ground '' It 's ` ` primarily a Saudi Arabian story , '' another expert says . Operation did not lead to the terrorist group 's chief bomb maker , one analyst says . `` I think authorities , particularly the CIA , would rather not talk about this right now , '' said Zarate , now a senior adviser on counterterrorism for the Center for Strategic and International Studies . The fact that a mole was involved could damage intelligence efforts , experts say .
Analyst : The intelligence gathered on bomb plot ##ters ` ` the ability to get on the ground '' It 's ` ` primarily a Saudi Arabian story , '' another expert says . Operation did not lead to the terrorist group 's chief bomb maker , one analyst says . The fact that a mole was involved could damage intelligence efforts , experts say .