[ilgipper]

Jeez. How did this happen? How obvious was it last year that this is exactly what would happen when Obama was elected? He is a leftist goon. It is sad the RNC and McCain were so damn weak in their attempt to defeat this guy. Obama’s thinking is so radically out of line with many that voted for him.

[silverleaf]

She hasn’t got a chip on her shoulder- she’s got an entire agenda

Angry people in positions of power - BOHICA

[Le Chien Rouge]

Dear Rosa Brooks,

When a husband who is a poor performer at work loses his job ,gets drunk, goes home and beats his wife, do you blame the employer for the beating because they fired the husband???

[Venturer]

The hits keep coming with Obama’s appointments.

[Former Proud Canadian]

Does she have to be confirmed by the Senate?

[blueyon]

What? He was a threat prior to Bush’s election and the USA was hit within less time then a full term pregnancy. So how is this Bush’s fault? He was not OUT THERE like Obie making friend with the enemy and dissing Israeli. The terrorist Attacked us, we did not go looking for or ask for it. We did not cut the head off of the captured terrorist like we have had done to us countryman.(Ooops, I’m bad. I AM NOT politically correct and NEVER will be).
Remember Daniel Pearl??? Incase you forgot see- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Pearl

The children are running OUR country and they are running it into the ground!!!

[J40000]

Babbling Ignorance on a stick.

[Carley]

Didn’t I just hear McCain and LIEberman making the very same claim.

We tortured the captured terrorists and that’s why they attacked us on 9/11.

Make sense, of course not.

[Poseidon]

This logic gives the U.S. carte blanche' to preemptively strike anyone that we feel is provoking us since it's their fault that we attacked.

[jacknhoo]

I am wondering, where are the conservatives?

It seems for all the talk about homeschooling and the far left goons and liberal loons, etc. That it is all, simply talk.

I believe most of our Republicans, Libertarians, conservatives, religious, pro-Family, pro-Life, pro-Freemarket, capitalists, etc. have all been indoctrinated in public schools and just as effectively as our Democratic Party socialists have.

Lord, have mercy on us all.

I am beginning to believe that Napolitano was right, somewhat.

Patriotic veterans, pro-Life persons and groups, non-heretical Christians and persons who defend and believe in our constitutional republic “are” right wing extremists. I don't believe she was right in stating they are potential domestic terrorists.

It sure appears that the “right” has lost its moral compass for the most part, leaving the true right to fight a losing battle for now.

If there is one thing the true right doesn't need is weak and hollow reeds blowing in the winds of popularity - best to flush them out now. Flush them out on every election.

[TankerKC]

Meet Rosa Brooks, the Obama administration's new adviser to Michelle Fluornoy, the undersecretary of defense for policy, a position described as one of the most influential in the Pentagon.

Hyperbole.

[Real Cynic No More]

Does she realize that the planning for the 9/11/2001 attacks were begun during the Clinton presidency? How can she blame George Bush? Does she not have a single clue, or is she blonde?

[anglian]

December 1, 1998: Bin Laden Actively Planning Attacks Inside US According to a US intelligence assessment, “[bin Laden] is actively planning against US targets and already may have positioned operatives for at least one operation.… Multiple reports indicate [he] is keenly interested in striking the US on its own soil… Al-Qaeda is recruiting operatives for attacks in the US but has not yet identified potential targets.” Later in the month, a classified document prepared by the CIA and signed by President Clinton states: “The intelligence community has strong indications that bin Laden intends to conduct or sponsor attacks inside the US.”

This warning will be mentioned in the August 2001 memo given to President Bush entitled “Bin Laden Determined to Strike in US."

With all of the hearings with respect to the 9/11 terrorist attacks the one single greatest factor which could have prevented the WTC and Pentagon from being hit would have been secure bullet proof cockpit doors on our commercial aircraft. And, fitting a bulkhead that permanently blocks access to the cockpit from the cabin.

If our aircraft had secure cockpit doors and a bulkhead to block access the planes could not have been used to hit targets. Period. Case closed.

So, the single greatest question should be- why were we penny wise and pound foolish with respect to our commercial aircraft for so many years after we understood that terrorists might hijack American Aircraft?

Following the downing of TWA Flight 800 in 1996, Gore was entrusted by President Clinton to investigate airline safety. He was named chairman of the White House Commission on Aviation Safety.

The Gore commission produced what most observers considered to be a tough preliminary report unveiled Sept. 9 of that year one that included tough counter-terrorism procedures.

Following the election, in January, Gore floated a draft final report that eliminated all security measures from the commission's findings, according to the insider. Two commission members balked, as did CIA Director John Deutch.

Fearing more political heat, Gore pulled back the draft report. A month later, the final report was issued, one that included requirements that would cost the airlines some money, but save some lives in the future

Only one thing was lacking from the report's requirements, said the whistleblower - there was no deadline by which those requirements would have to be met. It was open-ended. In other words, it wasn't worth the paper on which it was written.