The War Against The CIA Continues

In yet ANOTHER reversal of policy by the Obama Administration, Attorney General Holder has announced he will appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the CIA interrogators who used tough interrogation techniques to see which of them will be prosecuted.
In a word: STUPID.
At a time when you would think that Obama would be trying to gain some allies for his policies, he is instead creating more enemies.
This shows an extreme lack of executive leadership experience and will strike another blow to an already wounded presidency.
Holder, and by extension Obama, have decided that one of the most important things they can do at this moment in time is declare open war on the CIA.
Brilliant. Nevermind the fact that we now know that the deficit will be an additional 2 Trillion for the next 10 years, the job situation grows worse every month and the American People are in an almost full rebellion against it's government. Apparently, none of that matters.
This whole attack on the CIA is dangerous because it's political in nature. The Obama Administration is doing this primarily so they can distract the American People from the REALLY bad news of the economy and the fact that their "stimulus" isn't working.
In the meantime, this action, even if it doesn't culminate in prosecutions, will have a devastating effect upon the intelligence community in this country.
This will cause a ripple effect that will spread far and wide throughout our wall of protection.
Many of these CIA Agents are selfless people who put their country before their own lives and ask little in return except for the gratitude of the nation and cover for them to do their job.
Let's not forget that we have been SAFE for 8 years now. It's not that there haven't been any attacks planned, they've just been thwarted.
That doesn't happen by coincidence folks. It take months and sometimes years of hard work in dangerous places upon this globe to gather that kind of information. Be glad you DON'T do it but someone has to.
All they ask for is protection so they can get their job done so that WE can all live in peace.
Instead, Obama plans to parade them before the Congress and embarras them publicly. How proud he'll be on that day.
We know for a fact that these interrogators DID gather actionable intelligence that SAVED LIVES. That's indisputable.
According to the Inspector General's investigation nearly 50% of all intelligence gathered that was deemed to be "good" intelligence came from the enhanced interrogations.
Most of which came from KSM himself: KSM, Khalid Shayk Muhammad , the architect of 9/11, “provided information that helped lead to the arrests of terrorists including Sayfullah Paracha and his son Uzair Paracha, businessmen whom Khalid Shayk Muhammad planned to use to smuggle explosives into the United States; Saleh Almari, a sleeper operative in New York; and Majid Khan, an operative who could enter the United States easily and was tasked to research attacks (part redacted). Khalid Shauk Muhammad’s information also led to the investigation and prosecution of Iyman Faris, a truck driver arrested in early 2003 in Ohio.” (Page 87 of the report).
In addition, the IG report (which was given to the Justice Department when it was written five years ago) alleges a number of abuses of detainees including “mock executions” and threats to relatives of the prisoners.
However, according to an August 19, 2009 letter signed by Sen. Kit Bond, ranking Republican on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and eight other Republicans, “Three former Attorneys General and numerous career prosecutors have examined the findings of that report and other evidence and determined that the facts do not support criminal prosecution.”
I think Senator Kit Bond's statement summed it up rather well: “First the White House usurps control over terrorist interrogations, signaling to the world they have lost confidence in Leon Panetta and our intelligence community, and now the Obama Justice Department launches a witch-hunt targeting the terror-fighters who have kept us safe since 9-11. With a criminal investigation hanging over the Agency’s head, every CIA terror fighter will be in CYA mode. With things heating up in Afghanistan and Iraq, this looking back and unwarranted "redo" of prior Justice Department decisions couldn’t come at a worse time for the safety of our troops in harm’s way and our nation.”
Reportedly, this has so angered CIA Director Leon Panetta, a VERY partisan Democrat from the Clinton Administration, that Holder's announcement of a federal prosecutor was prededed by what ABC News reported as a “profanity-laced screaming match” at the White House where Panetta may have threatened to quit.
They just keep piling up for Obama and he still hasn't learned anything. Soon, though he will realize that The White House can be a very lonely place when there are no allies outside of those pristine doors to watch your back.
As Autumn winds begin to blow their familiar , crisp air into the DC area as an omen of the coming Winter, Obama may soon find out how cold Washington can really be.

It's payback time!

There is still time to stop it but since the House already passed the huge "Obama Bailout Bill" along party lines, I have no doubt that the Senate will do the same. It was inevitable really. I knew that once Obama got in he would make sure that the Dems were able to exact revenge upon the GOP for all of their past frustrations and he is off to a good start. This $800 billion mess is nothing more than payback to the special interests that helped to put Obama in The White House.

He made sure that the "Mexico City Policy" which authorizes the government to use tax payer dollars to provide "birth control" services on a global basis was the VERY FIRST thing he signed. This was payback to the Pro-Choice, NARAL and Pro-Abortion crowd that helped him to get elected.

Among the funds within this bill is millions that is going to be given to the NEA for "arts and cultural" education and events. Thank you NEA, Hollywood, Broadway, etc for helping me to get elected as President. Here is your payback.

The list goes on and on and on. This thing is nothing but a big, fat, porky, pig that Obama is using to payback his supporters so that he can ensure they will continue to support him. The really disturbing fact is that MOST, 80% of the funds allocated will not be available for use until after 2010!! So how exactly is this going to be a "stimulus" plan if we are in a recession now? It's NOT! That's the dirty little secret. What is does do though is allow the Dems and Obama to position themselves well for re-election in the future. About the time that the funds start to really have any effect, which I doubt they will do regardless, Obama and his buddies will be getting ready to run for another term.

See, the real secret is this: all of this is being done for one reason and one reason only: power! The Dems and Obama want to make sure they have it and can keep it long enough to enact some of their largest social programs. Once they can get the people to start depending on the government for say FREE healthcare and college tuition, the people will grow comfortable, complacent and DEPENDENT which will allow them to do anything.

This "stimulus" bill is a huge mistake that our children will be paying for for generations to come. After all, we are about to "give away" $800 billion that WE DON'T HAVE! But hey, they say, just print some more money! Who cares if the inflation rate is in the double digits for years to come? Just keep giving the people what they want and they will learn to depend on us!!! That way they will never want to be without our assistance again...ever.

Slavery comes in many forms. Some by force and some without. We The People are allowing Obama and the Dems to willing enslave us and most people don't recognize it. Once the shackles are tightened around our wrists and ankles those who hold the keys will have complete control.

The "bloom" is off the rose

Well that didn't take long. I have been waiting for Obama to do this and he finally did. All throughout the campaign as people would shower him with accolades about being the "chosen one" he would tend to brush them off. After all, he is smart enough to know that eventually that would turn many people against him if he displayed an air of entitlement. However, now that he is in the Oval Office he appears to be ready to assert himself and cash in on that moniker.

At a recent White House meeting with Republican "leaders" ( and I use that term lightly) Obama made the comment "I won" when told that they had some concerns about the new stimulus package he is trying to get the Congress to pass. This comment tells me that he has no intentions of playing fair with the other side and with the Dems in control he plans to ramrod whatever he can through both Houses of Congress while he has the opportunity.

That comment also tells me that he plans to assert his new found "messiahness" to his advantage and belittle the GOP whenever given a chance. Make no mistake, there will be NO bipartisan cooperation with this White House that isn't coerced. Obama plans to bully the GOP into submission and he off to a great start.

My feeling is that at some point Obama will over-reach and will over-play his hand. His recent comments about Rush Limbaugh confirm this. According to the New York Post (and the headline on the DrudgeReport) Obama also said "You can't just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done." Obama feels that he has so much political capital that he is untouchable and that he can do almost anything and get the approval of his "Obamacons". He's right too! These zombies will believe anything he says and they will give him a pass on just about anything he does. For now. Going after Rush Limbaugh is a big mistake and it's been tried before. Be careful Mr Obama, many have tried....and failed.

Even the media is starting to see that Mr Obama is signaling that when it comes to THIS White House things will NOT be business as usual. Obama used the media to disseminate his propaganda during the campaign to persuade the ignorant that he was NOT a liberal, socialist and that he was a new kind of politician. The media obeyed and did it's job (thank you Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann, MSNBC and the list goes on) and they expected that there would be some kind of payback for their loyalty. Sorry, not in this administration. Just like everyone else the Mr Obama used to get to where he is he has left them behind.

I think we are going to see a very different President than we have see in a very long time in Mr Obama. He will aggressively, but cautiously, put forward HIS agenda and he will not compromise on anything. He will run roughshod over his enemies and he will have no mercy. After all, he is accountable to no one. His minions think he is a god and his critics are afraid of him. This is going to be interesting to watch and very dangerous for America!