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Incompetence in Action
http://www.coachisright.com/incompetence-in-action/ | Jim Emerson, staff writer

Posted on 02/12/2011 7:54:52 AM PST by darkwing104

On Feb 10, while addressing a question about the Muslim Brotherhood from the House Intelligence Committee, James Clapper Director of National Intelligence responded, “The term ‘Muslim Brotherhood’ …is an umbrella term for a variety of movements, in the case of Egypt, a very heterogeneous group, largely secular, which has eschewed violence and has decried Al Qaeda as a perversion of Islam. In the case of Egypt, [it is] a very heterogeneous group, largely secular, which has eschewed violence and has decried Al Qaeda as a perversion of Islam…”

This isn’t the first Gen Clapper’s public faux pas. In an interview in 2010 Diane Sawyer asked the director about twelve alleged would-be terrorists who had been arrested in Great Britain earlier in the day. His only response was a classic “deer in the headlights look” that you would get from a student receiving news of a pop quiz.

The Muslim Brotherhood

The Society of the Muslim Brothers or commonly called “Muslim Brotherhood” was founded in Egypt in 1928


TOPICS: Government; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: clapper; clappoff; clappon; egypt; eygypt; intelligence; jamesclapper; muslimbrotherhood; theclapper


1 posted on 02/12/2011 7:54:54 AM PST by darkwing104
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To: darkwing104

I’m sure the General knows better. A textbook example how someone will twist the facts and ignore common sense to curry favor with his superiors.

Clapp on.....Clapp off.


2 posted on 02/12/2011 7:58:47 AM PST by rbg81
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To: darkwing104

Competence in action...the alternative to Steve Hussein Mohammed Soetoro Obama Barry Dunham....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZDkacOveF0&feature=player_embedded


3 posted on 02/12/2011 7:59:04 AM PST by biggredd1
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To: darkwing104
Why does this moron still have a job?

Lamh Foistenach Abu!
4 posted on 02/12/2011 7:59:24 AM PST by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines, RVN '69 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle!)
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To: ConorMacNessa
Blithering idiots, tax cheats, out and out racists; all qualified for duty in the Obummer Administration.
5 posted on 02/12/2011 8:02:11 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Go Hawks !)
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To: ConorMacNessa

Of course he still has a job. To the other morons in the Dear Reader’s administration what he said is doctrine.

Mudslimes: good. Everybody else: bad.


6 posted on 02/12/2011 8:03:35 AM PST by 43north (BHO: 50% black, 50% white, 100% RED)
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To: darkwing104
Completely normal for a Liberal. Remember Chamberlain.

Liberals always see the world the way they WANT it to be and ignore the way things are in REALITY. Their penchant for this warped thinking is so ingrained that NO AMOUNT of actual evidence will convince them otherwise. Even the words and actions of the enemy will not convince them. They are like little children hiding under the blankets with their fingers in their ears.

Liberals, in short, have a mental deficiency. They cannot, will not, accept any reality that conflicts with their self-made world view. They just ignore it.

Liberalism is a mental disorder.

7 posted on 02/12/2011 8:04:00 AM PST by 240B (he is doing everything he said he wouldn't and not doing what he said he would)
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Director Clapper should subscribe to a different newspaper...


8 posted on 02/12/2011 8:04:34 AM PST by OneLoyalAmerican (In God I trust, all others cite your source.)
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To: darkwing104
Don't know what happened to the link...

Incompetence in Action


9 posted on 02/12/2011 8:05:11 AM PST by darkwing104 (Lets get dangerous)
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To: darkwing104

Incompetence in Action
A resume enhancer for a democrat.


10 posted on 02/12/2011 8:09:37 AM PST by JayAr36 (Education is what we had before educators. Mark Steyn)
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To: darkwing104

- Pajamas Media - http://pajamasmedia.com -

Director of National Intelligence Clapper Comes A-Cropper of His Own Ignorance

Posted By Brian Fairchild On February 10, 2011 @ 12:55 pm In Culture,Egypt,Homeland Security,Politics,Religion,US

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, testifying before the House Intelligence Committee today, stated that the Muslim Brotherhood [1] in Egypt is a largely secular, non-violent umbrella group.

I have quickly put together the quotes below from the Brotherhood’s former and current leaders. They clearly show that the Muslim Brotherhood is extremely religious and violent, and that former Supreme Guide Muhammad Mahdi Akef even supports Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda.

Mr. Clapper’s congressional testimony reveals that he simply doesn’t know what he is talking about regarding one of the most important topics for American policy considerations throughout the Muslim world, and particularly and immediately in Egypt.

The fact that the director of national intelligence is so ignorant of facts that are so easily amassed, and that he could lead U.S. policymakers so far astray from reality at such a crucial time, is inexcusable and grounds for his immediate resignation.

The following public comments were made by Muhammad Mahdi Akef, the supreme guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, from 2004-2010. These statements well document Akef’s Salafi-jihadist orientation, anti-Americanism, and support of Osama bin Laden and a-Qaeda. They reveal that he and his Brothers are more than willing to resort to violence, including violence against the United States, to defend their Islamist ideals......

Read more:

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/director-of-national-intelligence-clapper-comes-a-cropper-of-his-own-ignorance/?print=1


11 posted on 02/12/2011 8:10:18 AM PST by KeyLargo
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To: ConorMacNessa
How many of us would still have a job for mess-ups less than this?


12 posted on 02/12/2011 8:18:08 AM PST by darkwing104 (Lets get dangerous)
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To: rbg81

They eschew violence.

Like the day they offed Anwar Saddat and others as they were viewing a parade.

Other than that, they’re little cuddly teddy bears.


13 posted on 02/12/2011 8:27:40 AM PST by lurk
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To: darkwing104
Gen Clapper is not ignorant, he is following a pre-contrived position which the Obama Administration wants to set in place. They know the Muslim Brotherhood will probably take over Egypt and they want to set the stage for recognizing the new government. The meme will be that they are a force for good in Egypt.

I would ask the Copts who have died by the dozens in the last few months how true that statement is.

14 posted on 02/12/2011 8:33:39 AM PST by wbarmy (I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
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To: darkwing104

I think on either Hannity’s or Levin’s show yesterday (Friday) John Bolton said this was the single most incompetent statement made by an intelligence official he could recall.


15 posted on 02/12/2011 8:48:32 AM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder ("Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit smoking" - Barack Hussein Obama)
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To: wbarmy
Gen Clapper is not ignorant, he is following a pre-contrived position which the Obama Administration wants to set in place. They know the Muslim Brotherhood will probably take over Egypt and they want to set the stage for recognizing the new government. The meme will be that they are a force for good in Egypt.

I'll know I catch some flack for this but the intelligence community is a political animal. The closer you get the top the worse it is. I can name at least a dozen incompetent Intel Analysts who should of been fired years ago. Despite their grave mistakes the idiots do manage to advance because someone likes them. Of course the public will never know because of Nondisclosure Agreements.

Last real competent Intelligence Director was Gen. Hayden. If it wasn't for him the wiretapping features of the Patriot act would of been much worse.


16 posted on 02/12/2011 8:57:04 AM PST by darkwing104 (Lets get dangerous)
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To: darkwing104
Obama’s whole Administration is lost with Hillary Clinton included.Worse than anything else most of America is stupid. We are being overrun by illegals and the Democrats push that agenda for the votes and power to turn America into a Third World country.
17 posted on 02/12/2011 9:41:48 AM PST by RocketRoland
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