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Rising Hegemon —
I figured I'd wade into this stupid non-controversy about three days after it mattered. Late to the party again -- just call me Michael Gerson with slightly more talent (still little talent at all). ...
Abbreviated Pundit Round-Up
Daily Kos —
Your one stop pundit shop. Michael Gerson spews Republican talking points on the CIA. Different day, same agenda. Kathleen Parker isn't a big Michael Steele fan (to be fair, I'm pretty sure it's only Democrats who love the guy): The emerging consensus is that Steele, though he means well, has the wrong personality for the job. "He's goofy and light in heavy times," as one insider put it. Many are suddenly nostalgic for "whatshisname" -- the guy who ran the party before Steele, whose name no one can quite ...
Democrats' Assault On the CIA
USS Neverdock —
is not surprising.
Michael Gerson
Sister Toldjah —
Democrats’ Assault On the CIA
Wanker of the Day
Eschaton —
Fred Hiatt.
In Savaging Pelosi For "Attacking" CIA, GOP Ignores Its Own Record Of Similar Attacks
TPMMuckraker —
... And former Bush speechwriter Michael Gerson, in a column in today's Washington Post, called Pelosi's charge one of "a series of blows to the pride and morale of the Central Intelligence Agency" leveled lately by Democrats. ...
“Justice Department Cooperation With Foreign Lawsuits Against CIA Agents”
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
WAPO:
In a little over 100 days, the Obama administration and the Democratic Congress have delivered a series of blows to the pride and morale of the Central Intelligence Agency.
It began with the release of the Justice Department memos — a move opposed by CIA Director Leon Panetta along with four previous directors. Then, Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. did not rule out Justice Department cooperation with foreign lawsuits against American intelligence operatives. Then, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused the CIA of lying to her in 2002 about waterboarding, which she admitted learning about five months later anyway but did nothing to oppose ...
Keeping the dance going
Political Animal —
KEEPING THE DANCE GOING.... Digby had a nice summary of the annoying, ongoing "controversy" surrounding Speaker Pelosi: "Uhm, everyone recognizes that this Pelosi flap is a manufactured hissy fit, right? The point is to make the whole discussion of torture politically radioactive for Democrats in the same way that questioning the surge became radioactive after Betrayus. It's a classic political kabuki designed to twist the Democrats into pretzels." That's clearly true, and just as importantly, Republicans have figured out how to keep the hysteria going, with new attacks every day, which immediately get amplified by reporters enjoying the "story" about Pelosi questioning the veracity ...
'There should be a section at Hallmark for intelligence operatives unfairly accused of war crimes.'
Weekly Standard Blog —
"Yes, children, hypocritical congressional investigations and foreign kangaroo courts are really our friends," Michael Gerson writes today in the Washington Post, describing the Democrats' "Mr. Rogers approach" to assuaging the intelligence community during their all-out assault on CIA morale:
"Don't be discouraged that we have to acknowledge potentially we've made some mistakes," [Obama said.] "That's how we learn."... House intelligence committee Chairman Silvestre Reyes sent a sympathy note to Langley: "In recent days, as the public debate regarding CIA's interrogation practices has raged, you have been very much in my thoughts." There should be a section at ...
Democrats Fire and Fall Back in National Security Debate
Pajamas Media —
Playing politics with America's security has backfired on the majority party. [image] Just about nothing in the Democrats’ crusade to investigate and indict the Bush administration’s conduct in the war on terror has gone as planned. It seems that the disclosure of the enhanced interrogation memos, the accusations by Speaker Pelosi that the CIA “misled” her, and the prospect of a “truth commission” are taking their toll — not on the “Bushies,” but on the CIA and the Democrats who unleashed the torrent of controversy. As for the CIA, the Washington Post’s Walter Pincus ...
Gates of Vienna News Feed 5/21/2009
Gates of Vienna —
Police in France have been on the receiving end of Kalashnikov fire. Police in Greece have been attacked by anarchists again. And a Swedish journalist was injured in a bomb attack. In other news, in Indian elections the Marxists lost big time in one of their former strongholds, and the Congress Party gained at their expense. Thanks to Barry Rubin, C. Cantoni, Fjordman, Insubria, islam o’phobe, JD, TB, Tuan Jim, and all the other tipsters who sent these in. Headlines and articles are below the fold. - - - - - - - - - ...
