Posted on 12/19/2014 6:42:52 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Once a Constitutional Republic famed for its pragmatism, the United States has lately become a country notorious for its inconstancy, no longer recognizing that actions have finite and foreseeable consequences. In this space, for example, I recently argued that the release of the “torture report” by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence came perilously close to the constitutional definition of treason by “giving Aid and Comfort” to America’s enemies.
Admittedly, that was a tough assessment. But barely a week after the report’s release, the Huffington Post published an article linking those revelations with their most immediate effects on our allies. Because of earlier leaks, the Senate report provided enough additional information to pinpoint Poland, Lithuania and Estonia as probable locations for CIA black sites.
Presidents and Prime Ministers in those countries scrambled to explain their actions, even as a host of others nervously awaited additional fallout from the report. Poland’s Aleksander Krasniewski – a fervent US ally ever since the Cold War - gamely acknowledged working with American intelligence but denied “that he knew the CIA was engaging in torture at the site.” Even so, U.N. human rights officials suggested that the latest revelations could prompt “a flood of litigation” against countries believed implicated by the Senate report. This newest kind of unconventional conflict is becoming known as “lawfare.”
The last time we went through such a witch-hunt, Senator Frank Church led the charge. Then a young intelligence officer working overseas, I was shocked when trusted sources suddenly refused to work with us, “Because I don’t want my name appearing in the Washington Post or being hauled up by the Church Committee.” That indelible learning experience demonstrated why the compromise of Top Secret information is defined as bringing “exceptionally grave damage” to the United States or its allies.
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PING!
Man, he’s making a point of messing with every ally we’ve got. What a wreckord.
A good friend of mine last night pointed out that the release of the report coincided nicely with Obama’s surrender to the Castro brothers.
Hey, if we’re a bunch of torturers, there’s no reason not to cozy up to the torturers of the Cuban people, right?
What’s left of the country is being run by our enemies.
Enemies do not have your best interests at heart.
The implications for our future are not good.
I said it only once here at FR, and will say it only one more time. The only good Democrat is a ..... can’t say it.
Obama would welcome the United Nations in to police the country
Birds of a feather, et. al.
Yep, to undercut the moral argument against the Castros. I can certainly see that being a very conscious strategy by this White House.
I’ll say it succinctly for you. The only good Democrat is one kicked out of office or not elected.
The enemy within is almost as bad as the enemy without. In some ways worse.
Obama apologized to Castro... little story on drudge...
I have always contended that the Church committee did more damage to the US than anyone has been willing to admit. They in essence blinded our intelligence operations in one eye and tied their hands behind them. They were all, in my eyes, traitors the United States of America. Our foreign intelligence operatives around the world disappeared - Some murdered, some imprisoned, some went underground never to be heard of again. No one trusted the US. CIA has never been able to overcome that mighty blow over the years.
Sound familiar???
The damage Obama is doing to the United States, and to all the freedom-loving people around the world, is incalculable.
Or was William Colby a victim of Frank Church, along with the CIA? Some of the people who were admitted to the KGB historical files by Boris Yeltsin identified Sen. John Tunney (D-Calif.) as a KGB source and asset in the late 70's and early 80's.
How many people did we really have working for the Sovs? We'd be lucky if it were only the infamous 253 names of Sen. McCarthy's day.
That's OK - Cuba will have our back if anyone tries to invade from the SE....
Don’t forget he also aligned himself with the ousted wanna-be dictator of Honduras
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