Even 'Dit' Clapper seems to be saying "You call yourself an Intelligence Director?".
Posted on 02/10/2011 10:48:30 AM PST by OldDeckHand
During a House Intelligence Committee hearing Thursday, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper called Egypt's branch of the Muslim Brotherhood movement "largely secular."
In response to questioning from Rep. Sue Myrick (R-N.C.) about the threat posed by the group, Clapper suggested that the Egyptian part of the Brotherhood is not particularly extreme and that the broader international movement is hard to generalize about.
"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. "They have pursued social ends, a betterment of the political order in Egypt, et cetera.....In other countries, there are also chapters or franchises of the Muslim Brotherhood, but there is no overarching agenda, particularly in pursuit of violence, at least internationally."
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
Yeah, like Islamic Jihad, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Hamas and other kind-hearted folks.
Oh yeah, Al Queda's fearless leader Zawahiri was an upper up muckity muck in Egypt's MB before heading up Al Queda too.
Great secular , peaceful bona fides.
Dopes
The scariest part here is the chain of command that involved dozens or hundreds of people who collated all these reports and let the HEAD OF AMERICAN INTEL to go out in public and make such inane statements before the entire world.
Scary SH**!
I don’t care if he is a veteran...He is a dope and an misinformed idiot. Someone in WDC arrest him immediately.
This has got to be the most ignorant comment since 9/11.
Is Mickey Mouse available, because right now he would be a massive upgrade to the lack of intelligence demonstrated by this person.
Even 'Dit' Clapper seems to be saying "You call yourself an Intelligence Director?".
The name is just for show, right? Almost sounds like the “honestly it’s not mine” sketch from Austin Powers.
The Supreme Military Council has halted the longstanding practice of expelling Turkish soldiers and officers suspected of Islamist ties. At a council meeting on Nov. 30, no soldiers were dismissed.
Turkey's military pressed to accept Islamists; Tensions high
Here’s the phone number to the White House Comment line...demand that this man Director of National Intelligence James Clapper be removed from office!!!
202-456-1111
Call it all day, 9-5pm, everyday until this man is fired!!!!!
His knowledge of threat streams is “profound and multi-dimensional”. What a steaming pile of bullsh!t.
DNI James Clapper: Muslim Brotherhood “Largely Secular,” “Has Eschewed Violence”
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