PatekPhilippe
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Frankly, I think there have probably been hundreds of alerts that only went out among the intelligence and eyes-only agencies and which the public was never privy to. I think the point Vast was making was that those which WERE made public consistently appeared to be just before some major event that might sway popular opinion. I blame that on Karl Rove and his team who really believed that the public was stupid.
I think you may be mistaken here.....the President is getting hammered on his handling of various National Security issues and now he trots out another Bush tactic. He is indeed...Bush III
Undoubtedly there have been serious concerns about the rise of AQ's power in Yemen, which has been all over the news since the Christmas bomber incident and for which Obama was severely criticized for "not having done anything about stopping it." Why the hell shouldn't he come out and try to tell the American people what IS being done about such incidents and include the fact that all the intelligence points to even more attempted attacks? You make absolutely zero sense. Probably 99.99% of what IS known about potential attacks none of us will never know about.
And speaking of the Christmas event, there was also overly hyped criticism by the usual Republican loudmouths in Washington. I'll be interested in seeing their response to this revelation:
White House counterterrorism chief John Brennan revealed Sunday that he briefed four Republican congressional leaders on Christmas night about the arrest and subsequent handling of the suspect in an attempted sky bombing. "None of those individuals raised any concerns with me at that point," Brennan said on NBC's "Meet the Press." The revelation could undermine Republican complaints about the reading of Miranda rights to the Nigerian suspect.
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I wouldn't read too much into that article Maggie...we aren't privy to what was said in that briefing so Brennan could say anything he wanted to the Press. I'm not saying he didn't mention miranda rights but in what context did he say this and what else did he brief them on....we will never know.