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Good News: Obama Skips the Majority of His Intelligence Briefings
Townhall.com ^ | September 30, 2014 | Katie Pavlich

Posted on 09/30/2014 9:12:40 AM PDT by Kaslin

According to a new report from the Government Accountability Institute, President Obama skips 60 percent of his intelligence briefings. Breitbart breaks down the data: 

A new Government Accountability Institute (GAI) report reveals that President Barack Obama has attended only 42.1% of his daily intelligence briefings (known officially as the Presidential Daily Brief, or PDB) in the 2,079 days of his presidency through September 29, 2014.

The GAI report also included a breakdown of Obama’s PDB attendance record between terms; he attended 42.4% of his PDBs in his first term and 41.3% in his second.

This information comes shortly after Obama blamed the intelligence community for underestimating ISIS during an interview on 60 Minutes. That assertion prompted a visceral reaction from people inside the intelligence community, who have been warning the President about ISIS for years. A former official told The Daily Beast's Eli Lake over the weekend, "Either the president doesn’t read the intelligence he’s getting or he’s bullshitting." 

Official: White House aware of ISIS threat for over a year

Now we know, Obama isn't reading the intelligence and we're seeing the consequences of his failure to be informed or involved. ISIS has beheaded two Americans on camera, controls a huge portion of the Middle East, has billions of dollars in black market funding and is driving around in U.S. military equipment as they conquer more territory.

You can bet Obama would never miss 60 percent of his tee-times.


TOPICS: Editorial
KEYWORDS: barack0bama; intelligentbriefings; isil; isis
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1 posted on 09/30/2014 9:12:40 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

He doesn’t want to know what he doesn’t know...


2 posted on 09/30/2014 9:13:59 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools)
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To: Kaslin

Obama: “Hear one briefing and you hear them all”.


3 posted on 09/30/2014 9:15:41 AM PDT by 353FMG
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To: Kaslin
You can bet Obama would never miss 60 percent of his tee-times.

I'd like to see that statistic. How many gulf games has POTUS played since he took office. In fact, I'd like to know how many days he has actually "worked". (I guess that might be a bit subjective.)

4 posted on 09/30/2014 9:15:48 AM PDT by Tenacious 1 (Tagline deleted at the request of an offended FReeper.)
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To: Tenacious 1

I’ve read that he doesn’t come to work until well after 9 and knocks off at 3.


5 posted on 09/30/2014 9:19:35 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (The cure has become worse than the disease. Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: Kaslin
Just like back in Illinois:

HERE!

6 posted on 09/30/2014 9:20:53 AM PDT by Slyfox (Satan's goal is to rub out the image of God he sees in the face of every human.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

I read that he sits in his gym shorts and t-shirt every day watching sports on TV and people are ushered in for their 5 to 10 minute allocation of his time, if they are lucky enough that he even looks at them while they are there.


7 posted on 09/30/2014 9:23:24 AM PDT by Mr. K (Palin/Cruz 2016)
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To: Kaslin
Gee, I can't possibly understand why Obama wouldn't want to come face to face with warnings about Islamic extremism during his intelligence briefings.... /s


9 posted on 09/30/2014 9:27:12 AM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
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To: gov_bean_ counter

Who are you kidding?

He knows everything! /s


10 posted on 09/30/2014 9:28:48 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Obama and the Left are maggots feeding off the flesh of the United States.)
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To: gov_bean_ counter

“He doesn’t want to know what he doesn’t know...”

Exactly.


11 posted on 09/30/2014 9:36:01 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Kaslin

Imagine if he screwed things up 41% more than he already does!


12 posted on 09/30/2014 9:42:03 AM PDT by Iron Munro (We can make it work with only one square per restroom visit -- Sheryl Crow)
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To: Kaslin

I’d state the truth about Obama, but it would be racist.


13 posted on 09/30/2014 9:48:24 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA (We need to fundamentally transform RATs lives for their lies.)
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To: Kaslin

This is good. That way he can’t pass confidential information on to the enemy.


14 posted on 09/30/2014 9:50:52 AM PDT by Old Yeller (D.A.M.N. - Deport All Muslims Now! Starting in the White House.)
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To: Kaslin

It must be Bush’s fault that he misses them.


15 posted on 09/30/2014 9:52:33 AM PDT by Cubs Fan (Where we're headed is worse than mere socialism http://en.metapedia.org/wiki/Anarcho-tyranny)
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To: Kaslin

Obama is not doing his job. He needs to be fired.


16 posted on 09/30/2014 10:07:42 AM PDT by Thunder90 (All posts soley represent my own opinion.)
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To: Kaslin

If the Sultan attended every one of the briefings that does not mean that he could understand them.


17 posted on 09/30/2014 10:10:34 AM PDT by Rockpile
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To: Old Yeller

There is that upside.


18 posted on 09/30/2014 10:25:31 AM PDT by iceskater (Enjoy your chains, comrades.)
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To: Tenacious 1
You can probably count this on your eight fingers and two thumps on your two hands, plus the ten toes on your two feet. And this is probably stretching it. One reader hit the nail square on the head with this:

Barack Obama suffers from a severe allergy to work and responsibility.

19 posted on 09/30/2014 10:26:54 AM PDT by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
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To: Kaslin

Can you say Dereliction of Duty.... yes, I thought you could.

If it hasn’t already been added to his list of “crimes against the American people”, it should.


20 posted on 09/30/2014 10:31:38 AM PDT by LastDayz (Welcome to Obamanation... keep your hands and feet inside at all times.)
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