More deception from Bush haters
By reformedhippie. Filed in Congress, Terrorism |
Yet more deceptive talk from the We-Hate-Bush crowd. In response to President Bush’s remarks that the country is now in “more danger of attack” since the Protect America Act was allowed to expire, Senator Ted Kennedy bloviated as follows (see my post "Will FISA fizzle?")…
The DNI’s latest comments show yet again the shamelessness of the administration’s tactics.
And House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said…
The president’s comments are wrong, divisive and nothing but fear-mongering.
Once again we have deception and misrepresentation. On the one hand are we now more susceptible to attack since this law expired… maybe… but not right now. With this law expiring it will be possible for terrorist groups to communicate more openly now… the attack would come much later but the planning could take place more easily. So in the immediate future we are not in any more danger than we already are. .. it is the future that is now more questionable that it should be. This is due to the laziness and partisan bickering that goes on in Congress.The problem with Kennedy and Hoyer is that they are founding members of the “We-Hate-The-Bush-Administration” that they are willing to give terrorist groups an inch of ground to harm us. These people cannot see past their hate and despise of President Bush.
What sealed it for me is when Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell was on Fox News Sunday this weekend and basically said that President Bush’s remarks where based upon the facts that were given to him by McConnell. The Director of National Intelligence was a position created by Congress several years ago to oversee our national intelligence. It is not a political job. McConnell has no political ax to grind. So where does Congress get off questioning McConnell’s integrity?
Perhaps we need to do a comparison of McConnell’s resume with Ted Kennedy’s as it relates to intelligence.
McConnell’s resume:
- Navy line officer in 1967 and served in Vietnam. He gained renown as an intelligence briefer who could skillfully present complex national security matters to military leaders and policymakers.
- From 1990 to 1992 during the first Gulf War he was intelligence officer for the Joint Chiefs of Staff serving under Joint Chiefs Chairman Colin Powell.
- From 1992 to 1996, he headed the National Security Agency, the world’s largest codebreaking and eavesdropping agency.
- For the past decade he has worked for Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., a large defense and intelligence consulting company with sales of $3.7 billion worldwide. A specialist in the subjects of cyber security and critical infrastructure assurance, he has been earning a salary of almost $2 million a year.
Now let’s compare Ted Kennedy’s intelligence career:
- 1962 - 2008 career politician
Enough said.
