28
Dec
A while back I bitched and moaned about Obama‘s seeming attacks on the CIA and appointing a guy who has advocated rights moreso than security in charge. What I was getting at is it seemed he was making the huge mistake Bill Clinton made that led to 9/11. It was referred to as “the wall”. In Clinton’s case, he so neutered the FBI that it became basically useless on a national level. Although they had information that could have prevented 9/11, Janet Reno and Jamie Gorelick did not allow that information to be shared or pursued.
When Obama took over, he immediately attacked the CIA. He did it very publicly, he did it very directly. He personally did it. The message was clear, they were not an integral part of his administration. in November the US Embassy in Nigeria was notified by a father that he felt his son was a threat. The son was placed on a terrorist watch list, but not on the no-fly list. In simple terms, he became considered by the US government as a terrorist who was trusted enough to fly freely around the country. A few days ago, he tried to blow up a US airplane landing in Detroit.
Janet Napolitano attempted to explain what happened this way:
I kid you not. She really did say this on national television.
OK, this is where I would draw the line. A Father reporting his son is about as credible as I need. If he says he’s a terrorist from Nigeria, that’s all I need to know. He just doesn’t need to be flying around in the US. He can argue his case in Nigeria if he wants. That’s not Obama, Napolitano, or Panetta’s style apparently. Give the benefit of the doubt to the terrorist over the statement of the non-terrorist. That makes all the sense in the world for people who’s only mission is protecting citizens of the United States.
During the campaign, John McCain stated Obama was weak on national security. I agreed with him based on past Obama statements. I think it’s simply a matter of time before one of these terrorists get it right because of the attitude of the Obama administration. We had warnings about the shooter at Fort Hood, we had warnings this guy was a terrorists wanting to attack the US. Nothing was done in either case. What do you think?
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