JUST when you thought President Obama’s situation couldn’t get any worse, from Moscow comes news of FSB, Federal Security Service, detaining an alleged American spy trying to recruit a Russian intelligence officer. The scandal erupts just before the upcoming international conference on Syria. “It clearly will have an effect on the talks. I don’t think [...]
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John Brennan’s Got Nothing to Worry About on Obama’s Drone Policy
THIS IS about transparency, not the drone policy itself. There is real concern and objections on the secrecy of President Obama’s drone and targeted assassination policies, which are also diametrically opposed to what he pledged before he became part of the Presidents Club. Armed drones were created because of Osama bin Laden, long before 9/11 [...]
News Desk: John Brennan to be Nominated to Head C.I.A.
Mr. Brennan’s nomination will be announced at 1 p.m. along with that of Chuck Hagel, the former maverick Republican senator from Nebraska, whom the president has chosen for secretary of defense, said the spokesman, Thomas Vietor. [New York Times] CRITICIZED AND kept out of the directorship in Obama’s first term, progressives rallied against John Brennan [...]
Top Story — Lindsay Graham after Rice Meeting: “More Disturbed Now Than I was Before” *Updated*
IT’S REALLY difficult not to reply with serious snark on hearing Senator Graham’s response to his meeting with U.N. Ambassador Rice, along with C.I.A. Acting Director Mike Morell. But he got the sound bite of the day from the meeting, which I have little doubt was pre-planned. “The bottom line is that I’m more disturbed [...]
Mad Scramble for New Scapegoat as Allegations Against Susan Rice Collapse
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy “It’s like sending in the electrician when you’re plumbing is broken.” – Catherine Herridge, Fox News Channel national correspondent WHAT WILL old man McCain and his mini me sidekick Lindsay Graham do now? There’s nowhere for the rest of the Rice critics to [...]
Top Story — Obama to Rice Critics: “Go After Me,” “Outgageous” to “Besmirch” Her
THE BATTLE was joined over U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice’s confirmation, which occurred in President Obama’s first press conference since his reelection. After being carved up in the press, starting on Fox News, Rice had been hung out until the question was asked today by ABC’s Jonathan Karl. Obama clearly relished the moment to finally get [...]
News Desk: John Kerry, Susan Rice, and John Brennan Reported in Cabinet Shift
AND SO it begins. The Obama cabinet shuffle. From the Post’s Greg Miller: President Obama is considering asking Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) to serve as his next defense secretary, part of an extensive rearrangement of his national security team that will include a permanent replacement for former CIA director David H. Petraeus. Although Kerry [...]
Petraeus and the Media He Manipulated
THE STORIES from national security writers now pouring forth aren’t half of what we should be reading. However, considering people are still lauding Colin Powell after his spectacle at the United Nations selling the Iraq war, with President Obama having unloaded a campaign ad on his behalf, nothing surprises me anymore. The whole sorry affair [...]
Secretary Clinton Takes “Responsibility,” Points to Security Team, Republican Senators Pounce
SECRETARY CLINTON, traveling in Peru, in an interview with CNN, said that neither President Obama or Vice President Biden would be privy to the decisions of the security team in Benghazi charged with protecting the consulate and Chris Stevens. But predictably, it landed on deaf Republican ears. From the interview with CNN’s Elise Labott: “I [...]
Libya “Success” Turns Politically Sour After Benghazi Terrorist Attack
ONE YEAR AGO President Obama was still receiving “bravos” for his Libya strategy. Today that strategy is becoming a political tool to wield in an election year. There is no way Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper Jr. would have delivered his statement explaining the shifting Administration stories if the fumbling responses from the [...]
Pak-US on the Rocks
‘Intelligence fusion’ cells, some that help us in Afghanistan, have been ordered shut down by Pakistan, with a demand that U.S. reduce troops in that country as well. From the LA Times: In a clear sign of Pakistan’s deepening mistrust of the United States, Islamabad has told the Obama administration to reduce the number of [...]
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