Posted on 02/10/2011 3:12:42 PM PST by tobyhill
The Obama administration took the rare step Thursday of correcting its own intelligence chief after the official claimed Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood is "largely secular."
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper discussed the Islamist group during a hearing on Capitol Hill earlier Thursday. He testified that the organization has "pursued social ends" and a "betterment of the political order," and downplayed its religious underpinnings.
"The term 'Muslim Brotherhood' ... is an umbrella term for a variety of movements, in the case of Egypt, a very heterogeneous group, largely secular, which has eschewed violence and has decried Al Qaeda as a perversion of Islam," Clapper said.
But the DNI later issued a statement to "clarify" that claim.
"To clarify Director Clapper's point, in Egypt the Muslim Brotherhood makes efforts to work through a political system that has been, under Mubarak's rule, one that is largely secular in its orientation. He is well aware that the Muslim Brotherhood is not a secular organization," DNI spokesperson Jamie Smith said.
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RESIGN Barack Obama.
Here is a classic example of spinning world events to support BO Plenty’s Muslim foreign policy.
“Muslim Brotherhood = Islamic dictatorship.”
These idiots will have the blood of our children on thier hands, they are reckless, oblivious and will be held responsible by the American people for thier treasonist ways when the shtf
Someone out there refresh our memories on Clappers previous cluelessness. I remember he was asked about something that was all over the news, and he said he never heard of it. I can’t remember what world event he was in the dark about.
IIRC, the London bombings.
Correction: The London arrests @ Christmas, 2010. Potential terrorists
Hussein: clueless and worthless in his assessment of foreign affairs. A completely and utterly inept dunce.
Like Jimmy Carter.
Yeah, that Patsy Murray quote was the one I was thinking of!
Day care centers and health care! Ha! The Osama Bin Laden Day Care Pre-School!
God help us all.
DNI James Clapper: Muslim Brotherhood “Largely Secular,” “Has Eschewed Violence”
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