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Al Qaeda Wasn’t ‘on the Run’ - Obama blocked a full review and release of bin Laden's papers
Weekly Standard ^ | September 15, 2014 | Stephen F. Hayes

Posted on 09/05/2014 1:47:21 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife

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To: Woodman
I thought the Clinton’s were bad, but this is the “most political” administration in my lifetime. Everything is done that is not intended to do shape opinions and perceptions. Nothing is done for the good of the country unless it supports political gain.

This crowd has perverted the oath to destroy enemies foreign and domestic.

They are obsessed with their domestic political enemies.

21 posted on 09/05/2014 4:32:07 AM PDT by IncPen (None of this would be happening if John Boehner were alive...)
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To: McGruff
It will be interesting to see how the the history books portray he Obama Years. If there is any justice it won't be pretty.

Consider that today, Bill Clinton -- the miserable, lying scoundrel who sold out our country for personal gain on many occasions -- is lauded as a great president and statesman by most Americans.

I'm not optimistic that Obama will ever be portrayed as the unmitigated disaster that he actually is.

22 posted on 09/05/2014 4:33:58 AM PDT by Maceman
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To: PennsylvaniaMom; All
From Steve Hayes' piece:

" The CIA, now under the direction of John Brennan, who had moved back to the agency from the White House, sought once again to limit DIA/CENTCOM’s access to the documents. And some analysts at the CTC were becoming increasingly uncomfortable with the analysis in “Letters from Abbottabad.” According to three sources with knowledge of the handling of the documents, at least one CTC analyst drafted a memo—sometimes referred to as an “affidavit”—describing how the conclusions of the study would have been different had analysts been provided access to the full range of documents. The Weekly Standard asked CTC director Liam Collins about the memo in April. He responded: “I’m not tracking you on that.” Collins denied that anyone at CTC had written or distributed such a memo, and he reiterated his denial this month.

But one U.S. intelligence official, told of Collins’s claim, scoffed, “It exists. Period.”

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"CIA-Brennan-cover-up" seems to come up a lot.

I watched Bret Baier interview 3 of the CIA contractors last night (a special will be run on Fox tonight with the full interview - covering details in their book, "13 Hours").

In the clip on Baier's show last night they said that the station chief [whose identity is concealed; he's referred to as "Bob"] WAS ON THE PHONE in front of these CIA contractors, as they kept telling him that they had to go and help Stevens; they were repeatedly told by "Bob" (who was on the phone) "no" to wait and to "stand down." The CIA contractors believe that if they had those lost 30 minutes back, Amb Stevens would be alive today. After waiting 30 minutes the CIA commandos defied orders and took off in an attempt to help the Americans only 1/2 mile away.

Yet, the NYT's account twists it:

NYT: New Book Says C.I.A. Official in Benghazi Held Up Rescue "....American officials have previously acknowledged that the Central Intelligence Agency security team paused to try to enlist support from Libyan militia allies. But the book is the first detailed account of the extent of the delay, its consequences for the rescue attempt, and who made the decisions.

The commandos’ account — which fits with the publicly known facts and chronology — suggests that the station chief issued the “stand down” orders on his own authority. He hoped to enlist local Libyan militiamen, and the commandos speculate that he hoped the Libyans could carry out the rescue alone to avoid exposing the C.I.A. base.

No meaningful Libyan help ever materialized.

In an emailed statement on Thursday, a senior intelligence official said “a prudent, fast attempt was made to rally local support for the rescue effort and secure heavier weapons.” The official said “there was no second-guessing those decisions being made on the ground” and “there were no orders to anybody to stand down in providing support.”

The commandos were former members of American Special Forces teams hired by the intelligence agency as private contractors. Two of the team, both former Navy Seals, died fighting the attackers at the C.I.A. base later that night. Five others are credited as co-authors of “13 Hours,” which was written with their cooperation by Mitchell Zuckoff, a professor of journalism at Boston University. Mark Geist, Kris Paronto and John Tiegen are credited by name, and two of the authors use pseudonyms......"

23 posted on 09/05/2014 4:39:08 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
"This entire administration is build on LIES."

Treasonous lies from Traitorobama and his regime.

24 posted on 09/05/2014 4:42:52 AM PDT by Carl Vehse
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To: clearcarbon

That’s what I thought in 2008.

I couldn’t believe people thought he was great. All the other guys in the squadron were talking about how great it was going to be (Canadians). To this day a lot of Canadians still disgust me with their lack of knowledge.

However, that said, in northern Alberta, folks seem to generally have their heads screwed on straight.


25 posted on 09/05/2014 4:47:30 AM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: Senator_Blutarski; All

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/08/opinion/at-john-brennans-cia-confirmation-hearing.html

NYT Editorial Board - Feb 7, 3013 - Re: John Brennan’s CIA confirmation:

“.......Mr. Brennan’s current job as President Obama’s top counterterrorism adviser has required him to keep the nation safe from a vicious, determined and ever-changing enemy. The Senate should confirm him to the new post, in which we hope he does not forget that the heightened danger does not free the executive branch from oversight or the normal system of checks and balances.”


26 posted on 09/05/2014 4:56:30 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

"Let me please introduce myself
I am a man of wealth and taste.
I've been around for a long, long year
Stole many a mans soul and faith
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name".


27 posted on 09/05/2014 5:23:56 AM PDT by Diogenesis (The EXEMPT Congress is complicit in the absence of impeachment)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
The entire Obama administration is built on LIES......this tale of butt cover done to keep the threat of terrorism hidden so that Obama's relection bid could keep alive the campaign lie that, "bin Laden is dead, Al Qaeda is on the run!" They're still trying to keep it from public eyes. However, now that the the U.S. - the entire world - is feeling the blow-back heat of truth that terrorism IS alive, IS growing and IS on the move, the administration's coverup of the growing worldwide threat of terrorism cannot not remain hidden.

Good points.

At the time, it seemed odd that Obama bragged about "killing" bin Laden. B/L was in plain sight for ages....and only THEN did he come under the gun--sites of Obama?

Bill Clinton weighed in, as well---invented some cockamamie story WRT whey he didn't nail B/L....even though he knew where he was.

For all we know, B/L could still be alive.

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That campaign slogan is prolly the reason we see the "cautious" Obama of today. 2012 candidate Obama's campaign ploy repeatedly assured Americans that he had “decimated” the jihadist enemies---famously saying "Bin Laden was dead and al Quaeda was on the run."

Obama duped Americans into believing he had "heroically" put the villains on “the path to defeat” ....even as he appointed top Muslims to WH jobs and fashioned laws to allow terrorists into the US.

Observing Obama's activities leading up to the beheading of James Foley---clearly, this was not supposed to happen. Obama had done everything in his power to appease the jihadists---funding the Muslim Brotherhood, appointing the Brotherhood to key WH positions.....even calling Egyptian President al Sisi trying to convince him to leave the M/B alone (al Sisi refused to take Obama's call and proceeded to decimate the M/B).

Benghazi was also one of Obama's "done deals"---gone awry when four Americans were slaughtered.

Obama's stupidity began when he figured that, as a Muslim Kenyan (disguised as an American), that he was one of them; that his reaching out to terrorists was productive----that only he could "reason" w/ them.

Clearly, Obama was in collusion w/ the savages---stupidly believing he had bought them off......as Americans now discover they are stronger than ever. They're even making beheading videos----like they were rock stars entertaining global audiences.

Fighting the war on terror? Hardly. Obama's making plans to install them in our communities.

28 posted on 09/05/2014 5:32:45 AM PDT by Liz
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

The first time the CTC at West Point released al Qaeda docs was in 2004.

One of the docs released, Osama bin Laden himself ties the Clintons to the terrorist attacks.


29 posted on 09/05/2014 5:46:44 AM PDT by IMR 4350
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To: Bullish

“Can you name one thing that Obama’s done for the “good of the country” “

Hillary’s not president.

If she was it would be much worse, for starters you wouldn’t be reading this.


30 posted on 09/05/2014 5:50:02 AM PDT by IMR 4350
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To: IMR 4350

Can you provide a brief explanation or a link?

Thanx


31 posted on 09/05/2014 5:54:04 AM PDT by morphing libertarian
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

“suggests that the station chief issued the “stand down” orders on his own authority”

Bull$hit

I hope this post isn’t deleted. If so, so be it.


32 posted on 09/05/2014 6:00:59 AM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
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To: morphing libertarian

The doc was listed as doc # AFGP-2002-600321 in the CTC at West Points Harmony Database.

The doc was a letter from OBL to Mullah Omar, in the doc OBL makes a passing statement that was missed. They didn’t pick up on the significance of what he said.

The comment was to the effect the media, meaning the news, is 90% of the preparations for the battle, meaning the terrorist attack.

If you have a small scale attack you can carry out the attack based on what is in the news, for a large scale attack you can’t you have to orchestrate the news for the attack then follow up with the spin of the news after the attack to achieve the objective of the attack.

The terrorist don’t have the ability to orchestrate the news for the attack much less follow up with the spin of the news after the attack.

The only people that can do that are the left in this country, and since 1991-1992 it’s been the Clintons that controlled the content of the news.

This is where Hillary’s “spontaneous” lie came from.

No one is making preparation, meaning orchestrating news, for the attacks they’re “spontaneous”, the terrorist are picking up on what’s in the news and “spontaneously” planning attacks around the news.

It’s a little more complicated than that but that is the basics.


33 posted on 09/05/2014 6:14:30 AM PDT by IMR 4350
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Bflr


34 posted on 09/05/2014 6:51:49 AM PDT by ebshumidors
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To: IMR 4350

Thanx


35 posted on 09/05/2014 7:01:42 AM PDT by morphing libertarian
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To: morphing libertarian

You might also recall the Clintons had what they referred to as “their 20 year plan”.

B Clinton would be president 8 years, someone else would be president 4 years, then Hillary would be president 8 years.

Not only did the Clintons have to make sure Gore didn’t get elected but they had to come up with a plan to bring down a sitting president.

The orchestrated news before the 9/11 attack was “Bush stole the election”.

The spin of the news after the 9/11 attack was “Bush knew”.

After the 2004 election OBL released a tape lamenting that not only did 9/11 not bring down the president but he was reelected. By all accounts the objective of the 9/11 attack was to bring down the sitting president.

OBL began planning the 9/11 attack with the objective of bringing down the next president, sometime in 1991 the exact same time the Clintons are hatching their “20 year plan”.

The orchestrated news before the attack to bring down the sitting president and the spin of the news after the attack is the Clintons 20 year plan.

OBL has in effect put his finger on the Clintons twice as being behind the attacks.


36 posted on 09/05/2014 7:25:24 AM PDT by IMR 4350
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To: IMR 4350

Didn’t know that about Clinton’s

I remember Miami herald recount showed bush won


37 posted on 09/05/2014 7:36:17 AM PDT by morphing libertarian
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To: morphing libertarian

I forget who wrote the book on the Clintons but he’s the one that said the Clintons had a 20 year plan and it came out before the doc was recovered and before OBL said the objective was to bring down the president.


38 posted on 09/05/2014 7:59:12 AM PDT by IMR 4350
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To: IMR 4350

Thanx


39 posted on 09/05/2014 8:27:17 AM PDT by morphing libertarian
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