[Berlin_Freeper]

• A national security staffer in the Obama administration said the president has been seeing 'highly accurate predictions' about the rise of the ISIS terror army since 'before the 2012 election'
• Obama insisted in his campaign speeches that year that America was safe and al-Qaeda was 'on the run'
• The president said during Sunday's '60 Minutes' program that his Director of National Intelligence had conceded he underestimated ISIS
• But the administration aide insisted that Obama's advisers gave him actionable information that sat and gathered dust for more than a year
• 'He knew what was at stake,' the aide said of the president, and 'he knew where all the moving pieces were'
• Obama takes daily intelligence briefings in writing, he explained, because no one will be able to testify about warning the president in person about threats that the White House doesn't act on

[logos]

Obama takes daily intelligence briefings in writing, he explained, because no one will be able to testify about warning the president in person about threats that the White House doesn't act on,

No one would set up a procedure like this unless he knew up front that he was going to ignore whatever intelligence his staff brought him.

[cva66snipe]

Obama insisted in his campaign speeches that year that America was safe and al-Qaeda was 'on the run'

The last POTUS I felt confidently safe with knowing he was on the stick and looking out for our national defense/security interest was between January 1981-January 1989. The restbefore & since Ike have seemed distracted by other interest & thus letting our guard down.

[Liz]

Thanks for posting a great timeline.

Now, that's interesting-----"Obama takes daily intelligence briefings in writing so that no one will be able to testify about warning the president in person about threats that the White House doesn't act on...."

OTOH, Obama gets twice-daily tallies on his offshore holdings in person as they come into the WH from around the globe---so that he can act upon insider Congressional reports from Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi.

Remember, people-----the C-in-C appointed Valerie Jarrett his "Senior Deputy Advisor." In the parlance of Chicago criminal politics, that means "wire transfer artist."

[Jane Long]

Excellent summary Bump!