Posted on 07/14/2009 1:56:23 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
House Democrats are in (cynical, calculated) high dudgeon after a shocking "revelation" was made public this week. Brace yourself, because this bombshell isn't for the faint of heart: After 9/11, the Bush administration considered a CIA program designed to target and kill top al-Qaeda operatives. Gasp. It gets worse: Some members of Congress now say they weren't sufficiently briefed on the then-nascent secret program (which was never actually implemented), and it's even possible that Vice President Cheney intentionally kept lawmakers in the dark about the preliminary plans (which, again, never became operational). Once you've picked yourself up off the floor, take a look at the Wall Street Journal article outlining the latest creation of the Left's outrage machine:
A secret Central Intelligence Agency initiative terminated by Director Leon Panetta was an attempt to carry out a 2001 presidential authorization to capture or kill al Qaeda operatives, according to former intelligence officials familiar with the matter.
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Oh wait. Andrew Breitbart's Twitter feed directs us to this New York Times story from December, 2002:
The Bush administration has prepared a list of terrorist leaders the Central Intelligence Agency is authorized to kill, if capture is impractical and civilian casualties can be minimized, senior military and intelligence officials said.
(Excerpt) Read more at media.nationalreview.com ...
Democrats to investigate “secret” program reported by NYT in 2002 ...Panetta steps in it!
I recently found out that a friend of my 15 yo grandsons’ has been stationed in Iraq and doing sniper duty. Ironically, he came home right after this kerfuffle hit the media.
Hmmmmmmm
Someone should tell Nancy that there is one rule that cannot be broken the more you stir feces, the worse it stinks. They should quit now while they are ahead.
CIA Weighs 'Targeted Killing' Missions (Flashback to 2001)
Article is from Oct 2001 and the Washington Post....
“Someone should tell Nancy that there is one rule that cannot be broken the more you stir feces, the worse it stinks. They should quit now while they are ahead.”
“After 9/11, the Bush administration considered a CIA program designed to target and kill top al-Qaeda operatives.” So, this would have been bad? Actually, it seems to me that there should be an investigation into why this program was never inacted. I am thinking that this program should have been put into action on 9/12...
Maybe Dick would like to tell us why Nancy Pelosi and her sort are still running loose.
Cheney: “Everything is proceeding as I have foreseen.”
After 9/11, I think the only crime is that a ‘do anything’ approach to kill those cockroaches wasn’t implemented.
Nancy Pelosi needs to retire (along with most of the other Congress persons (with apologies to all persons everywhere). See http://www.voteofnoconfidence.org/Congress.html for the current crop due in 2010. Donate to the candidates running against them. Let them know that voting against them is a Vote Of NO Confidence.
1. CIA TRYING TO TAKE OUT HUSSEIN ALLIES - NEWSPAPER.Europe Intelligence Wire (March 29, 2003)(234 words)
2. Report: CIA considers assassinations.United Press International (Oct 29, 2001): p1008301u2706. (766 words)
3. Report: CIA preparing to kill certain terrorists.(NATIONAL).The St. Petersburg Times (St. Petersburg, FL) (Oct 28, 2001): p5A. (509 words)
4. Attack on Afghanistan: Covert action: CIA given licence to kill: ‘Gloves are off’ as agency gets extra $1bn.(Guardian Home Pages).The Guardian (London, England) (Oct 22, 2001): p2. (482 words)
5. Report: CIA told to kill bin Laden.United Press International (Oct 20, 2001): p1008294u5038. (61 words)
6. US `failed in 2 plots to snare bin Laden’.South China Morning Post (Oct 4, 2001): pSCMP19133755. (510 words)
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3. CIA Paid Afghans To Track Bin Laden; Team of 15 Recruits Operated Since 1998.(A Section).Bob Woodward. The Washington Post (Dec 23, 2001): pA01. (1330 words)
4. CIA Told to Do ‘Whatever Necessary’ to Kill Bin Laden; Agency and Military Collaborating at ‘Unprecedented’ Level; Cheney Says War Against Terror ‘May Never End’.(A Section)(Central Intelligence Agency, Osama bin Laden, Dick Cheney).Bob Woodward. The Washington Post (Oct 21, 2001): pA01. (2719 words)
Pelosi, I suppose, wants to mirandize the terrorists before actionable info gets into our hands.
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