Claim: Intelligence Knew Who the Kabul Suicide Bomber Was, And Even Had a Drone Lock On Him for a Targeted Killing, But the Biden Administration Refused to Take the Shot

From Ace of Spades:

Director of MRC Latino, Jorge Bonilla, posted an interview of Pardo-Maurer. Pardo-Maurer, who was in the State Department for years, since at least 2001, said he was being told that the Department of Defense already knew who the bomber was ahead of time, before the bombing and when the Kabul attack would occur. 

This goes along with a report that we did previously that they knew when and where it was likely to occur. The report of intelligence communications indicated that the U.S. knew generally where and when the attack would occur at the Kabul airport, even that the gate where the attack occurred -- the Abbey Gate was at "highest risk." 

How do we know this report likely is true? 

Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby refused to talk about it and railed against leaking intelligence. 

But Pardo-Maurer went further in his interview. He said not only did they know where and when it would happen, but that they had a Predator drone lock on the bomber, but that "they" refused to grant permission to take the guy out. 

"[Permission] was requested and was denied," he said. Why? "Because we are in this process of negotiating with the Taliban who aren't even in control of their own government or their own people."