Archives for the 'Intel' Category
Cheney Tried To Keep Secret Stuff Secret
Published on 12 Jul 2009 at 12:21 pm.
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Filed under Cheney, Intel, pols.
It’s yet another a big scandal revolving around our Dark Lord Cheney, evil be his name. Maybe he didn’t want Congress to blab about it, or the New York Times to tell al-Qaeda about it. No word yet on what the big secret program was, though this, buried in the NYT article, is interesting:
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See More Hersh
Published on 19 May 2009 at 8:50 am.
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Filed under Cheney, Intel, media, moronocy.
I would be hesitant to run with this, given that it only emerged in a couple of Pakistani papers, but it has the ring of truth. Pakistan’s The Nation:
NEW YORK (Online) - Former prime minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto was assassinated on the orders of the special death squad formed by former US vice-president Dick [...]
Ox Gored
Published on 13 May 2009 at 11:10 am.
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Filed under Intel, pols.
“Democrats: The CIA is out to get us.” Politico:
Democrats charged Tuesday that the CIA has released documents about congressional briefings on harsh interrogation techniques in order to deflect attention and blame away from itself.
“I think there is so much embarrassment in some quarters [of the CIA] that people are going to try to shift some [...]
Prosecutions All Around!
Published on 23 Apr 2009 at 7:41 am.
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Filed under Intel, Obama, al qaeda.
Fair’s fair. US Rep Peter Hoekstra, R-Mich, ranking Repub on House Intel at WSJ:
Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair got it right last week when he noted how easy it is to condemn the enhanced interrogation program “on a bright sunny day in April 2009.”
…
It was not necessary to release details of the enhanced interrogation techniques, [...]
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Political Circus Mulled
Published on 21 Apr 2009 at 9:31 pm.
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Filed under Intel, Obama.
Because that’s what our nation needs right now. When war and a dire economy just aren’t enough. NYT, Obama may cave to pressure to set up a commission on waterboarding, cheek-squeezing, excessive Barney “I Love You” playing. It’s a little odd, this idea that some special commission needs to be set up. Nothing prevents the [...]
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Go Ahead, Make His Day
Published on 21 Apr 2009 at 7:58 am.
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Filed under Cheney, Intel, Obama.
Damn I miss that guy. But we don’t have to miss him, he hasn’t gone away. Cheney to Obama: Release all the memos, you sanctimonious wimp.
OK, that’s not exactly how he said it. via Drudge:
“One of the things that I find a little bit disturbing about this recent disclosure is they put out the legal memos, [...]
Memo To Handwringing Short-Twisters
Published on 19 Apr 2009 at 8:56 am.
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Filed under Intel, Obama, al qaeda.
The lefties have their shorts in a twist about the CIA “torture” memos. The latest is the revelation, contrary to an earlier report, that the terrorists to whom this was applied didn’t cave within seconds and start spilling the information that prevented “dozens of attacks,” but were treated to repeat applications over a period of a month, 183 applications [...]
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Obama Hearts A(nother) Hated Bushite Policy
Published on 6 Apr 2009 at 10:45 pm.
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Filed under Bush, Intel, Obama.
As the popular saying goes, they told me if I voted for McCain … there would be no end to the hated Bush Constitution-stomping policies, and they were right! Obama admin moves to thwart a lawsuit on NSA eavesdropping. Raw Story:
President Barack Obama invoked “state secrets” to prevent a court from reviewing the legality of the National Security Agency’s warantless wiretapping program, [...]
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UnIntelligenced
Published on 10 Mar 2009 at 11:23 pm.
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Filed under Intel, Obama.
Israel-bashing China-lover Freeman bashes Israel lobby on the way out. Politico. Sounds like no great loss to our collective national intelligence. How many Obama appointments down now? Not counting the tainted ones that got through. Sorry, having a hard time keeping track, but this looks like as good a place as any to throw a [...]
Keep Your Friends Close
Published on 5 Jan 2009 at 10:11 pm.
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Filed under Clintons, Intel, Obama.
As Jennifer Rubin put it, even the Clintons wouldn’t have tried this. Unless they just did … Clintonista-turned-Obamist/seasoned pol/bureaucrat Leon Panetta to head the CIA. So, what if Hillary, already controlling State, with Congress afraid of her, just triangulated on the Bush Pentagon and the Obama White House? Sorry, I meant the Clinton-Rahm White House. That’d [...]
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Dutch Step Aside …
Published on 2 Sep 2008 at 7:57 am.
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Filed under Intel, Iran, military.
… to make way for US UAV wack vs mullahs. JPost:
The Real Bush Intelligence Failure
Published on 2 Apr 2008 at 7:09 am.
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Filed under Intel, moronocy.
All these years later, it’s still effed up, writes Schoenfeld at WSJ. In fact, getting effed-upper. I like this part:
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About That Report
Published on 14 Mar 2008 at 7:07 am.
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Filed under Intel, Iraq, Saddam, al qaeda.
Other views re direct operational links and lack thereof:
Hot Air: Yeah, but what about the IIS contacts with Al Qaeda and the conclusion that Saddam was nurturing of global jihad as one of the few tools left in his “coercion” toolbox?
Weekly Standard: Yeah, but what about the “considerable overlap” and “de facto links.” You know, when [...]
Closed Session
Published on 13 Mar 2008 at 11:23 pm.
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Filed under Intel, pols.
Only the 5th in the House since 1825, called by the GOP to allow a frank and open discussion of the FISA bill. The Hill:
No Direct Operational Links
Published on 13 Mar 2008 at 10:08 am.
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Filed under Intel, Iraq.
Between Saddam and al-Qaeda, according to a new Pentagon report. Despite hoopla, McClatchy notes debate unlikely to be affected. That’s because of Saddam’s indisputable support for terrorism, the fact that his regime had contacts with al-Qaeda, and because while some people consider that to be a highly dangerous scenario, others never will:
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Phone Call for Mr. Obama
Published on 8 Mar 2008 at 8:58 am.
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Filed under Intel, pols.
It’s reality calling. Another truth-telling advisor with a different kind of message for Obie: Let my telecoms go.
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With a Fourth Estate Like This
Published on 9 Feb 2008 at 10:16 am.
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Filed under Intel, media.
Who needs a 5th column? Gabriel Schonfeld at the Weekly Standard on a federal subpoena for an NYT scribbler:
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Clear as Mud
Published on 30 Dec 2007 at 9:56 am.
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Filed under GWOT, Intel.
Which is what you get smeared with if you try to have a serious discussion of this issue. Bowden gets whacked with hate mail, feels compelled to reargue an argument that was made pretty well the first time. In doing so highlights and fails to resolve the one major flaw in his argument. Clarification on [...]
In Defense of Waterboarding
Published on 23 Dec 2007 at 10:49 pm.
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Filed under GWOT, Intel.
Mark Bowden makes the case. Philadelphia Inquirer:
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Iranian Atomkraft? Nein Danke!
Published on 17 Dec 2007 at 9:44 am.
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Filed under Intel, Iran, Israel.
Such a cute bumpersticker. Remember that? Can we get a Hebrew one? Because Israelis who just won’t take “maybe not” for an answer are here trying to talk sense into the U.S. intel community:
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American Misconception
Published on 15 Dec 2007 at 9:30 pm.
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Filed under Intel, Iran.
Raises threat of war, Israeli public security minister says. Arab News:
Aspirational Cognition
Published on 13 Dec 2007 at 8:07 am.
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Filed under Intel, Iran.
Theory misunderstood by someone who actually thinks U.S. intelligence is supposed to be a tool of foreign policy, not domestic politics. Get real(politik)! Kissinger at Washington Post goes to the chalkboard, does long division on the NIE. Talk about old school:
Vexed, AQ Ties, Videotape
Published on 8 Dec 2007 at 8:57 am.
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Filed under Intel, al qaeda.
Because it is now the policy of the United States that the nation’s wartime intelligence business will be conducted in public, it was wrong of the CIA to deprive al-Jazeera of this B-roll offering. NYT:
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What “Is” Is
Published on 6 Dec 2007 at 7:51 am.
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Filed under Intel, Iran.
John Bolton on why the United States intelligence community, and its gleeful fans, have no clothes. Washington Post:
Say It Ain’t So
Published on 4 Dec 2007 at 7:25 am.
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Filed under Intel, Iran.
Political manipulation of the intelligence on WMD … by intelligence chiefs? In the wake of NIE’s about-face, Podhoretz is suspicious:
Great News
Published on 1 Aug 2007 at 8:42 am.
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Filed under GWOT, Intel, media.
Now shut up about it already. WaPo on NSA spying:
Sunday Morning Mutiny
Published on 25 Feb 2007 at 10:15 am.
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Filed under Britain, Intel, Iran, media, military.
The London Times says up to five top U.S. generals and admirals will resign if we attack Iran.
Here are some of the key phrases:
Ad Libby Trial
Published on 17 Feb 2007 at 10:34 pm.
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Filed under Intel, Iraq, law & order, media.
I’d call this brilliant satire, except that every goddamned, bitter word of it is true. Victoria Toensing in a Washington Post oped states the case for indicting Special Persecutor Patrick Fitzgerald; former Deputy Suckretary of State Richard Armitage; the Cover Its Ass; the Justless Department, former U.S. Self-Aggrandizer Joseph Wilson, and large sections of the traitor media among [...]
National Intelligence Estimated
Published on 2 Feb 2007 at 11:28 pm.
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Filed under GWOT, Intel, Iraq.
Once again, the National Intelligence Estimate, turns out to be a good measure of national intelligence.*
For example, why would the Washington Post, which is staffed by smart people, lede with this:
The U.S. intelligence community yesterday released a starkly pessimistic assessment of the situation in Iraq, warning that even if security improves, deepening sectarian divisions threaten [...]
