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2010-02-12 Home Front: WoT

White House defends counter terrorism aide

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Posted by tipper 2010-02-12 07:25|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 There they go once again, defending the indefensible.

"John is there each and every day working in his office to try to do everything he can ..... ready himself for that DNI or DCI post.

Posted by Besoeker 2010-02-12 07:43|| 2010-02-12 07:43|| Front Page Top

#2 Brennan has 25 years experience in counter terrorism ...

On 9/11/2001 a large number of people (including myself) concluded that people like Mr. Brennan were part of the problem.

It's strange... the guy has a killer CV. On paper, he is exactly the sort you would want in charge of CT.

Is there something about his outbursts that we don't know? I'm confused.

Posted by Free Radical 2010-02-12 09:17|| 2010-02-12 09:17|| Front Page Top

#3 On 9/11/2001 a large number of people (including myself) concluded that people like Mr. Brennan were part of the problem.

He was. Credentials do not = competence. Career CIA officer, CIA station chief ME Middle East(1996 - 1999), deputy to CIA director, Political Officer U.S. Embassy in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Department of State, Deputy Director, Office of Near Eastern and South Asian Analysis, CIA....he apparently didn't connect the dots with not just AQ, but with Iraq, AQ Khan, and a whole lot of other really bad guys that got us to where we are today.

Posted by Lumpy Elmoluck5091 2010-02-12 10:05|| 2010-02-12 10:05|| Front Page Top

#4 Free Radical,
My understanding is he was instructed to say these things. It would not surprise me if the comments were penned by one of the WH speachwriters.

Win/win for Obama. If it works, credentialed "expert" endorses Obama policies. If it doesn't, another peon gets thrown under the bus.

Posted by Frozen Al 2010-02-12 11:41|| 2010-02-12 11:41|| Front Page Top

#5 That bus has to have an industrial-strength suspension, Al.

Amazing number of people have been thrown under it already.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2010-02-12 11:47|| 2010-02-12 11:47|| Front Page Top

#6 Frozen Al,

That is what I suspected without evidence. Do share links to stories on this if you have them. His statements seemed discordant, disconnected...

I agree with LE in principle; it is still unsettling that someone with that amount of experience missed the forest so widely.

Posted by Free Radical 2010-02-12 11:54|| 2010-02-12 11:54|| Front Page Top

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