My son the terrorist’s lawyer
Byron York reports that nine Obama Justice Department appointees represented or advocated for terrorist detainees before joining the Justice Department. The admission comes in answer to a question posed last November by Republican Sen. Charles Grassley.
Holder did not disclose the names of the nine. Two are already known: Principal Deputy Solicitor [...]
Our ‘Clueless-in-Chief’ (Update)
Barack Obama brings new meaning to the word “clueless.”
Take ACORN for example: He don’t know nothing about ACORN getting a whole lot of money from the federal government, and the subject of ACORN just isn’t worth talking about (My guess is that he particularly doesn’t want to talk about the $800,000 he stealthly paid ACORN [...]
Obama Stands Behind "Prosecutors" - Well…
I cannot twitter my thumbs without noting the latest astonishment from the One (hat tip to DJR at Patterico’s Pontifications). Here is Barack H. Obama on Deface the Nation, discussing Attorney General Eric Holder’s decision to criminally investigate CIA agents who had the temerity to interrogate terrorist suspects about imminent, ongoing attacks:
He’s got to [...]
Betraying our dead
Ralph Peters bluntly states
Eight years ago today, our homeland was attacked by fanatical Muslims inspired by Saudi Arabian bigotry. Three thousand American citizens and residents died.
We resolved that we, the People, would never forget. Then we forgot.
We’ve learned nothing.
Instead of cracking down on Islamist extremism, we’ve excused it.
Instead of killing terrorists, we free them.
Instead of [...]
Brits: Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton knew about decision to release Lockerbie bomber
If this Daily Mail piece is true, then Barack Obama lied about not signing off on the release of the Muslim terrorist who took down Pan Am flight 103, killing 270 people.
From the Daily Mail article:
British officials claim Mr Obama and Mrs Clinton were kept informed at all stages of discussions [...]
Barack Obama, decider-in-chief after all
There are at least three currents in this Washington Post story about the Obama administration’s decision to name a prosecutor to review whether CIA agents and contractors should be prosecuted for the way they interrogated terrorists. There’s the obligatory (for the Post) Obama worship; there’s the obligatory “whose on top” in the bureaucracy [...]
