On the Plane Crash in Austin
Shortly after the plane crash in Austin, TX, John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism informed President Obama of the incident. The President expressed his concern, commended the courageous actions of the first responders and asked to be kept up to date as the investigation moves forward.
Robert Gibbs is White House [...]
Willful blindness: The return
As a matter of national security doctrine the Obama has blinded itself to the phenomenon of Islamist terrorism. One can observe the administration’s public teaching at work in John Brennan’s pandering performance to a largely Muslim audience at the NYU Islamic Center this past weekend.
Michelle Malkin notes that among those in [...]
The case of Rashad Hussain
Watching the speech given by Obama national security adviser John Brennan at the NYU Islamic Center this past weekend, one is struck by the extent of his abasement before his audience. Brennan’s speech is full of the apologetics, false equivalences and straw men that we have come to expect from the Obama administration in [...]
In the case of John Brennan
One gets the impression that the Obama administration is in a state of disarray over key components of its national security program. The New York Daily News reports that President Obama remains committed to trying Khalid Shaikh Mohammed et al. as criminal defendants in federal court, for example, although he remains unsure where. [...]
The lassitude of John Brennan, Part Two
Have we ever had a high level national security official who made as many foolish comments as John Brennan, President Obama’s chief counter-terrorism adviser? I can’t recall one.
Scott compiled an impressive assortment of Brennanisms here. I particularly like Brennan’s statement, in response to a question about what the downside might have been [...]
John Brennan On Gitmo Recidivism
President Obama’s chief counterterrorism adviser, John Brennan, is once again drawing criticism. This time, Brennan’s remarks concerning the Pentagon’s latest Gitmo recidivism study have come under scrutiny.
The Pentagon’s most recent study on Gitmo recidivism concluded that 20 percent of detainees have either been confirmed as, or are suspected of, returning to terrorism. Brennan cited the [...]
