Posted on 10/18/2008 5:08:42 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Senior aides to Barack Obama have been meeting George W.Bush's staff to begin planning a smooth transfer of power.
Officials from both campaigns have been asked to briefings after warnings from US intelligence that terrorists and rogue states will seek to exploit the power vacuum following November's presidential election.
For the first time in American history the FBI has begun vetting likely officials of the next administration before the election, to ensure they have security clearance to deal with crises on day one.
Intelligence chiefs expect an attempt to emulate the terrorist strikes on Britain when Gordon Brown took power and are concerned that Russia or Iran could use the 77 days of paralysis between the election and the inauguration on January 20 for acts of international brinkmanship, like the invasion of Georgia.
An official involved in the transition discussions told The Sunday Telegraph: "There has been no specific threat but the assessment is that someone will try something.
"It could be a terrorist attack on US assets overseas. It could be the leader of a rogue state chancing his arm. Putin and Ahmadinejad have form."
The transition of power in the US is a chaotic process. More than 1,100 political appointees in senior posts have to be approved by the Senate, a process that can take months.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Oh, that's really ripe! The Democrat candidate for President can't even qualify of a security clearance because of his admitted drug use!!!
“This is wishful thinking from the dims, I mean dems view”
You had it right the first time. Even spellcheck showed dems to be misspelled lol
Officials from both campaigns have been asked to briefings after warnings from US intelligence that terrorists and rogue states will seek to exploit the power vacuum following November’s presidential election
I hope somebody checked Hussein’s security clearance.
Wow! Lipstick on a squirrel! a little Marxist squirrel livin’ on ACORNs.
If Barak Hussein Obamanation got his terrorist friends to attack, then he could impose his martial law, confiscate all weapons, shut up all opposition TV and radio etc. etc. and make it look like he is in charge and become the almighty dictator his cousin Raila Odinga is overnight. Plan B: If Obama loses the election, the he could do what his cousin Odinga did when he lost too...start riots and get a bunch of people killed.
Mind-boggling that a terrorist threat is getting briefed on terrorist threats. The fox getting detailed instructions on the security of the hen house...to pass along to Ayers and Soros and his overseas friends and financial supporters in Hamas, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad, Mookie Al Sadar...
Thanks for the reminder. I don’t understand why the judge hasn’t ruled on this. Any ideas?
Pass the Rat Obama a pile of false information, and see if it makes it into enemy hands.
"(Duncan Hunter was our best choice.)"
I wish he could raise enough money to run for Governor! He's probably too principled and practical and too much of an actual statesman to get to first base because he's not some shallow stupid celebrity from Hollyweird!!!
"Uh boss, what do you want me to do, only 15% of these pukes passed the bare minimum.
This might be GW’s final stealth president whack at the liberals.
If the FBI does legit vetting on SnoBami’s thugs, few will qualify for any clearance.
Then, those vettings will have to stand until Obama reverses them by his upcoming blizzard of executive orders.
If the FBI does legit vetting on SnoBami’s thugs, few will qualify for any clearance.
You got it. Good way for GW to hack at the worthless MOB we may be facing.
My thoughts exactly. Another piece to let folks think Obama has this wrapped up.
Huh ????
Everything in the UK is orderly, well planned and very slow. Process is more important than results there. Anything else is referred to as "chaotic."
“If the FBI does legit vetting on SnoBami’s thugs, few will qualify for any clearance.
You got it. Good way for GW to hack at the worthless MOB we may be facing.”
I just wish that GW had started the process after Obama was nominated and McCain.
I can’t imagine too many of the Obamabot deviates, thugs, criminals, druggies, alcoholics and just insane liberals wanting to fill out the forms required to get a Top Secret Clearance.
Go the link below to see what many of us submitted and had investigated to receive our clearances in the military:
http://usmilitary.about.com/library/pdf/sf86.pdf
No kidding, time is short and I'm praying the wake up call in America has been heard.
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