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I've been watching Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer on Hannity and I have to say that he is very well spoken and sounds sincere. But ...

1. This is the only instance that I can think of where a member of the military (administrative leave or not) was going around involving himself in "political matters". This is a first. Very unusual. He is acting like a Pentagon spokesman and talking about matters that the Pentagon and military universally steer clear of. That just doesn't sound right to me even though I want to believe his story. The Pentagon can't let this go on. They either have to pull him in or endorse him. The latter seems very unlikely to me.

2. He was not a member of the Able Danger team. He was responsible (he says) for the interface between the team and other organizations including the FBI. So we still haven't any first hand information. This is very odd. Where are the real players? Why don't they speak up. Why doesn't the Pentagon speak up?

My take is that the stalwart military leadership is in a death match with the Perfumed Princes.

Shaffer said the other night that he didn't come out until he was completely sure that he had the backing of his superiors.

That's quite a bluff to call if he's faking it.

But I don't doubt that there are still Clinton loyalists in the Pentagon working against him. Just as there still are at State, Justice, Immigrations, etc.

Pinz