There seems to be a pattern emerging here - a very dangerous one.
' Yesterday, John Brennan, Deputy National Security Adviser for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, was nominated to head the CIA.
At best, the 25-year CIA veterans record is a mixed bag. At worst, he becomes another link in the administrations efforts to normalize relations with Islamic terrorists.
In 2009, Brennan came under fire as the result of the colossal intelligence failure that allowed terrorist Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to board Northwest Airlines Flight 253 on Christmas Day 2009, during which he attempted to detonate an underwear bomb.
Ofter calls for his resignation, Brennan responded to the criticism in a USA Today. Politically motivated criticism and unfounded fear-mongering only serve the goals of al-Qaeda, he wrote. Terrorists are not 100-feet tall. Nor do they deserve the abject fear they seek to instill. One suspects those on board Flight 253 might disagree.
Brennan further cemented his soft-on-terror credentials only days later in a February 13, 2010 speech at New York University law schools Islamic Center. In front of a largely Muslim audience, he called for trying 9/11 terrorist Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in a civilian court.
During the same speech, Brennan endorsed the administrations determination to delete words like jihadist and war on terror from its lexicon. They are not jihadists, for jihad is a holy struggle, an effort to purify for a legitimate purpose, and there is nothingabsolutely nothingholy or pure or legitimate or Islamic about murdering innocent men, women and children, Brennan insisted. We are not waging a war against terrorism because terrorism is but a tactic [Very similar to Hagel's assertions] that will never be defeated, any more than a tactics of war will.
In another speech given in May 2010 at the Nixon Center, Brennan upped the ante yet again, asserting that that violent extremists are victims of political, economic and social forces.
Hezbollah is a very interesting organization, Brennan told a Washington conference.
There are certainly elements of Hezbollah that are truly a concern to us. What we need to do is to find ways to diminish their influence within the organization and to try to build up the more moderate elements.
One might be forgiven for wondering what constitutes a moderate in an organization that has carried out a series of worldwide terror attacks over the course of decades, yearns for Israels annihilation and, prior to 9/11, was responsible for killing more Americans than any other terrorist organization in the world.
Unfortunately, Brennans infatuation with outreach is not limited to Hezbollah. In 2010, columnist Patrick Poole revealed that Hamas operative Kifah Mustapha was given a guided tour of the National Counterterrorism Center and other secure government facilities, including the FBIs training center at Quantico.
Center for Security Policy chief Frank Gaffney, a former Reagan administration official, demanded Brennans resignation as a result. The FBI gave a guided tour of one of our most sensitive counter-terrorism facilities to a known Hamas operative, Gaffney said. It is clear that the cluelessness fostered by Mr. Brennan is causing an empowering of the wrong sorts of Muslims in America and endangering the American people.
All of the above suggests that John Brennan is, at the least, an extremely dubious pick to head the CIA. But a story by Associated Press columnist Kimberly Dozier entitled, Who Will US Drones Target? Who Will Decide? paints an even more disturbing picture of Brennan, who she contends has seized the lead in guiding the debate on which terror leaders will be targeted for drone attacks or raids.
A soft-on-terror approach, combined with an appetite for unprecedented powers, makes John Brennan a perfect fit for a president with the same proclivities. So does a dubious mixture of incompetence and arrogance. It remains to be seen whether the Senate thinks such qualities work for the nation as a whole. Since the Senate is controlled by Democrats, one suspects that Brennans confirmation will be little more than a formality.
Jihad-Denialist Nominated to Head CIA
[Not looking good people ..]
' Yesterday, John Brennan, Deputy National Security Adviser for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, was nominated to head the CIA.
At best, the 25-year CIA veterans record is a mixed bag. At worst, he becomes another link in the administrations efforts to normalize relations with Islamic terrorists.
In 2009, Brennan came under fire as the result of the colossal intelligence failure that allowed terrorist Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to board Northwest Airlines Flight 253 on Christmas Day 2009, during which he attempted to detonate an underwear bomb.
Ofter calls for his resignation, Brennan responded to the criticism in a USA Today. Politically motivated criticism and unfounded fear-mongering only serve the goals of al-Qaeda, he wrote. Terrorists are not 100-feet tall. Nor do they deserve the abject fear they seek to instill. One suspects those on board Flight 253 might disagree.
Brennan further cemented his soft-on-terror credentials only days later in a February 13, 2010 speech at New York University law schools Islamic Center. In front of a largely Muslim audience, he called for trying 9/11 terrorist Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in a civilian court.
During the same speech, Brennan endorsed the administrations determination to delete words like jihadist and war on terror from its lexicon. They are not jihadists, for jihad is a holy struggle, an effort to purify for a legitimate purpose, and there is nothingabsolutely nothingholy or pure or legitimate or Islamic about murdering innocent men, women and children, Brennan insisted. We are not waging a war against terrorism because terrorism is but a tactic [Very similar to Hagel's assertions] that will never be defeated, any more than a tactics of war will.
In another speech given in May 2010 at the Nixon Center, Brennan upped the ante yet again, asserting that that violent extremists are victims of political, economic and social forces.
Hezbollah is a very interesting organization, Brennan told a Washington conference.
There are certainly elements of Hezbollah that are truly a concern to us. What we need to do is to find ways to diminish their influence within the organization and to try to build up the more moderate elements.
One might be forgiven for wondering what constitutes a moderate in an organization that has carried out a series of worldwide terror attacks over the course of decades, yearns for Israels annihilation and, prior to 9/11, was responsible for killing more Americans than any other terrorist organization in the world.
Unfortunately, Brennans infatuation with outreach is not limited to Hezbollah. In 2010, columnist Patrick Poole revealed that Hamas operative Kifah Mustapha was given a guided tour of the National Counterterrorism Center and other secure government facilities, including the FBIs training center at Quantico.
Center for Security Policy chief Frank Gaffney, a former Reagan administration official, demanded Brennans resignation as a result. The FBI gave a guided tour of one of our most sensitive counter-terrorism facilities to a known Hamas operative, Gaffney said. It is clear that the cluelessness fostered by Mr. Brennan is causing an empowering of the wrong sorts of Muslims in America and endangering the American people.
All of the above suggests that John Brennan is, at the least, an extremely dubious pick to head the CIA. But a story by Associated Press columnist Kimberly Dozier entitled, Who Will US Drones Target? Who Will Decide? paints an even more disturbing picture of Brennan, who she contends has seized the lead in guiding the debate on which terror leaders will be targeted for drone attacks or raids.
A soft-on-terror approach, combined with an appetite for unprecedented powers, makes John Brennan a perfect fit for a president with the same proclivities. So does a dubious mixture of incompetence and arrogance. It remains to be seen whether the Senate thinks such qualities work for the nation as a whole. Since the Senate is controlled by Democrats, one suspects that Brennans confirmation will be little more than a formality.
Jihad-Denialist Nominated to Head CIA
[Not looking good people ..]
