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Spying on Icebergs Instead of Terrorists? Obama Program Diverts Intelligence Assets to Climate...
The National Center for Public Policy Research ^ | January 5, 2010 | NA

Posted on 01/05/2010 7:09:08 PM PST by neverdem


For Release: January 5, 2010
Contact:
David Almasi at (202) 543-4110 x11 or dalmasi@nationalcenter.org or Judy Kent at (703) 759-7476 or jkent@nationalcenter.org

Spying on Icebergs Instead of Terrorists?

Obama Program Diverts Intelligence Assets to Climate Research


Washington, DC - As terrorists continue to infiltrate America, the Obama Administration is tasking some of our nation's most elite intelligence-gathering agencies to divert their resources to environmental scientists researching global warming.

Experts with The National Center for Public Policy Research are decrying this practice as a distraction from important counterterrorism duties.  They further question if it is a possible avenue to renew climate change subterfuge already plaguing some of these scientists.

"This is another example of President Obama not taking terrorism seriously," said Deneen Borelli, a fellow with the National Center's Project 21 black leadership network.  "Our enemies must be laughing at the Obama Administration's incompetence."

A January 5 article in the New York Times reported that the White House restarted a program in which scientists are obtaining classified intelligence data from the Central Intelligence Agency and National Reconnaissance Office.  Information from these secret government surveillance programs is being used to track climate change.

A similar program was discontinued by the Bush Administration in 2001.  Former vice president and current climate change entrepreneur Al Gore began lobbying for its renewal in 2008.  It now reportedly has the strong support of CIA Director Leon Panetta.

"Given the very real threat posed by terrorists, it is ridiculous and downright dangerous to divert any intelligence resources to monitoring polar ice," added Project 21's Deneen Borelli.  "Its said this won't hinder regular intelligence-gathering, but it's also clear that agencies can't yet share data and track a terrorism suspect who was identified by his own father.  It's unwise to further distract our intelligence network by forcing it to consult with scientists about icebergs, polar bears and sea lions.  The Obama Administration appears to be putting a left-wing political agenda before the safety and security of our nation."

Speaking on the involvement of Al Gore, Tom Borelli, Ph.D., director of the National Center's Free Enterprise Project, noted: "If anything, Al Gore is the real national security threat.  Gore's climate change fear mongering, which lines his own pockets with cash, has stoked a war against the fossil fuels so vital to our nation's economic prosperity and national security.  His self-serving agenda is stymieing domestic energy exploration and production efforts.  Now, he successfully lobbied to resurrect this diversion of our intelligence assets after the Bush Administration wisely ended it."

The claims of some scientists are already suspect after the Climategate scandal.  Tom Borelli pointed out: "We've already seen climate scientists discussing the idea of destroying raw data to preserve climate change models that may be seriously flawed, and then it turns out that very same sort of data was allegedly 'lost.'  How can we trust them to not behave similarly with CIA data - such as denying the proper peer review under the guise that the data is secret?  The real question is: who's going to be watching the scientists?"

The National Center for Public Policy Research is a non-partisan educational foundation based in Washington, DC. It receives less than one percent of its funding from corporate sources.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: blacklash; cia; climategate; deneenborelli; freedomworks; obama; project21
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I searched for climategate, and I found more evidence of the gang that can't shoot straight.
1 posted on 01/05/2010 7:09:09 PM PST by neverdem
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To: neverdem

Climate change is the bigger threat don’t ya know.

I almost got frostbite today ;)


2 posted on 01/05/2010 7:11:14 PM PST by arealconservativeforachange (Tell JD Hayworth to run for McCain's seat! http://www.jdhayworth.com/contact.php)
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To: neverdem; Defendingliberty; WL-law; Normandy; TenthAmendmentChampion; FrPR; enough_idiocy; ...
 



Beam Me to Planet Gore !

3 posted on 01/05/2010 7:13:03 PM PST by steelyourfaith (Freedom from fat cat greedy Big Government tyranny IS a Right ... It IS the Constitution.)
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To: neverdem

Unfreeking believable! Using national level intelligence assets to look for icebergs, etc.


4 posted on 01/05/2010 7:15:22 PM PST by Godzilla (3-7-77)
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To: neverdem

Smoke and mirror diversion is an old and true tactic of the left.


5 posted on 01/05/2010 7:16:06 PM PST by doc1019 (To call Obama a bumbling idiot would be an insult to bumbling idiots worldwide.)
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To: neverdem
Here (thanks to the main ground unit also participating in the research) is some of the very first "reconstructed" data compiled so far......


6 posted on 01/05/2010 7:21:43 PM PST by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: neverdem

Clinton did this, too
Created an “Asst Secretary of Defense” for some environmental BS
I think Gary Hart held the position


7 posted on 01/05/2010 7:22:26 PM PST by silverleaf
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To: neverdem

Got to have our priorities , yaknow.

Wouldn’t want a big iceberg to sneak up on somebody.


8 posted on 01/05/2010 7:26:58 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. May yur bandwidth exceed your girth)
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To: neverdem

This is like when clinton ignored his cia briefing for 8 years and then called up the director and told him his new priority was to stop movie pirating in china.


9 posted on 01/05/2010 7:27:38 PM PST by Walkingfeather
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To: wardaddy; Joe Brower; Cannoneer No. 4; Criminal Number 18F; Dan from Michigan; Eaker; Jeff Head; ...
Climategate update

Hockey stick Mann's New Year's Surprise

Clearing the Air on the Clean Air Act and Climate Change

Climate change: Lord Monkton's Personal Briefing to Australia's Prime Minister (Debunks Copenhagen) Word for the day: rodomontade

Polar Ice Caps Melting!

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10 posted on 01/05/2010 7:51:24 PM PST by neverdem (Xin loi minh oi)
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To: neverdem

Makes sense, icebergs are more of a threat to America than jihadis.


11 posted on 01/05/2010 7:51:30 PM PST by depressed in 06 (Tea parties today, Lexington tomorrow.)
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To: neverdem

Everybody is a “Climate whore”!
If Congress is willing to fund it, the Climate whores are willing to spend it.


12 posted on 01/05/2010 7:57:48 PM PST by G Larry (DNC is comprised of REGRESSIVES!)
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To: neverdem

This article is a keeper, and filed already in my “Incompetent A-Hole” file.


13 posted on 01/05/2010 7:59:21 PM PST by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists...Call 'em What you Will, They ALL have Fairies Living In Their Trees.)
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To: neverdem

Obama is living in a fantasyland. As the nation is freezing he’s still a true believer in the global warming hoax. There’s no way this guy is going to win a second term. Almost every decision he makes is based on childish superstitions and beliefs whether it’s spending our way to financial recovery or investing in global air conditioners.


14 posted on 01/05/2010 8:22:27 PM PST by purplelobster
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To: neverdem

unfreakin believable.


15 posted on 01/05/2010 8:43:36 PM PST by The Mayor (The character of your children tomorrow depends on what you put into their hearts today.)
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To: neverdem

This is beyond dammed stupid!

Probably the most idiotic waste of national intelligence resources I’ve ever heard of in my life! This may be more than just idiocy. I’d almost question the sanity of anyone that would come up with such a crazy idea!

Thank God I don’t live in, go to major cities or other potential terrorist targets....


16 posted on 01/05/2010 9:08:15 PM PST by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: neverdem

Thanks for the ping!


17 posted on 01/05/2010 9:36:06 PM PST by Alamo-Girl
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To: neverdem
CIA directed in 1995 to seek Video Pirates Fox News Channel | 9/18/01 Posted on Tuesday, September 18, 2001 10:35:33 AM by MarketR This just in to Fox News....Jim Christiansen, former CIA operative just said on Fox News that the CIA was directed in 1995 to seek out Video Pirates instead of terrorists. He stated that during a top level meeting in which CIA and FBI were present, the station chief said that all efforts were being direscted toward Video Piracy instead of terrorism. The station chief, when questioned, stated that the directive came from the DCI. Who, of course, takes his orders from the President.
18 posted on 01/05/2010 9:49:53 PM PST by RaceBannon (OBAMA'S HEALTH CARE IS SHOVEL READY...FOR SENIORS!!:: NObama. Not my president.)
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To: RaceBannon
That would have reflecte the influence of Hollywood on the Clinton administration.
19 posted on 01/05/2010 10:07:45 PM PST by happygrl (Hope and Change or Rope and Chains?)
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To: RaceBannon

Thanks for the link.


20 posted on 01/05/2010 10:27:18 PM PST by neverdem (Xin loi minh oi)
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