Another Obama-CIA rift as POTUS deflects blame from self, DNI and appointees

Flopping Aces ^ | 01-02-10 | Mataharley

[Starman417]

While the painstaking process of unearthing the "systematic failures" of intelligence on the "underwear bomber" continues, Obama again performs on script. Just as he's done with virtually every past crises - and always while armed with only the bare essentials of information - the now infamous POTUS finger of blame moves away from anyone remotely connected with Obama, his decisions or performance of his appointees, and falls once again on his favorite scapegoat, the CIA.

And the CIA spy chiefs are none to happy about the accusations. It seemed especially harsh when, in an apparent moment of political expedience, Obama was hailing the seven CIA agents slain by a suicide bomber at a US base in the eastern province of Khost 24 hours later.

One day the President is pointing the finger and blaming the intelligence services, saying there is a systemic failure,’ said one agency official. ‘Now we are heroes. The fact is that we are doing everything humanly possible to stay on top of the security situation. The deaths of our operatives shows just how involved we are on the ground.’

But CIA bosses claim they were unfairly blamed at a time the covert government agency has been stretched further than ever before in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

They point to the murder of seven operatives at a remote mountain base in Afghanistan’s Khost Province as an example of how agents are putting their lives on the line at the vanguard of America’s far-flung wars.

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Some CIA officials are angry at being criticised by the White House after Abdulmutallab, 23, was allowed to slip through the security net and board a US-bound flight in Amsterdam despite evidence he was a terror threat.

[onyx]

Their conclusion:

First: There is nothing he is willing to take responsibility for directly. That’s why he has appointed lackeys.

Second: Obama’s choice of enemies should be harshly called into question. While he limits any sparse references of “war” with the global Islamic jihad movement to just AQ, he appears to be waging an all out war with our own intelligence agencies. This is a CiC who needs his priorities straightened out in the worst way.

[ArchAngel1983]

If the CIA is so pissed-off about always being Obama’s default organization of blame, maybe they should look into conjuring up up the ghost of Lee Harvey Oswald or Sirhan Sirhan. The world needs another conspiracy theory anyway.

[stylin_geek]

Someone posted the exact same sentiments (which I happen to agree with) at Flopping Aces.

Mataharley was not amused.

[BARLF]

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=21538

*Sabotage* Enemies Within the CIA

by

Rowan Scarborough

Read the interview at link if you haven't read the book.

[maggief]

“First: There is nothing he is willing to take responsibility for directly. That’s why he has appointed lackeys.”

I think it is the other way around, the lackeys appointed 0.

“While he limits any sparse references of “war” with the global Islamic jihad movement to just AQ, he appears to be waging an all out war with our own intelligence agencies.”

This is a problem, for both the “lackeys” and the CIA. He may start acting like he actually is the C-in-C.

[BARLF]

See post#24

A Fox News interview here

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2007/Fox_CIA_undermining_War_on_Terror_0717.html

I have the book, well worth the read.

[stylin_geek]

The guys at Powerline did several posts about the CIA’s war against the Bush administration.

For example: http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2004/09/007911.php

[hoosiermama]

IOW
BO: “The buck stops any place but here!”

[hoosiermama]

But the US does NOT need a martyr who is made even more godlike in his death.

[onyx]

You’re right. Seriously, he just might start thinking he *can* start acting like CIC and he’s clueless and we can’t be sure which side he’s on and he probably doesn’t know either. He just doesn’t want to be blamed.

[onyx]

Exactly.

[BARLF]

Had not read that article. Thanks

There's 12,800 options on google for Rowan Scarborough.

[abclily]

But his name was Barry Soetoro in Indonesia. His school records list him as a Muslim there. When did he change his name back to Barack Obama?

[charlie72]

What about Obama ordering execution of CIA agents (7) for killing Afghan children? True?? www.WhatDoesItMean.com/index1317.htm

[norge]

OK. Thanks for that.

[BARLF]

My pleasure.

You can Google Rowan Scarborough and read many more interviews by him.

[maggief]

“Seriously, he just might start thinking he *can* start acting like CIC and he’s clueless and we can’t be sure which side he’s on and he probably doesn’t know either.”

If he and handlers have out smarted Rahm and Axelrod we are in even deeper trouble.

[ArchAngel1983]

"But the US does NOT need a martyr who is made even more godlike in his death."

Yeah, I thought about the martyr angle and decided I don't care about it. They'll make the guy a god regardless.

[freeangel]

“Maybe if Obozo gets the CIA riled enough, his REAL birth certificate will show up on the internet”

I was just hoping for the same thing. Would that be considered being a whistleblower” and wouldn’t they be protected somehow?

[onyx]

I’m getting scared and he *is* returning to the WH early. Leaked news continues drip and he’s too far away for comfort. This is what happens when untrustworhty people have to depend on untrustworthy people: nobody can completely trust anyone.