It’s brutal watching the Chicago street thugs in the administration set out to destroy the CIA, which has done an excellent job in keeping Americans safe since Sept. 11, 2001.
It’s worse than even the Church Committee witch hunts of the 1970s. Why? This time, the CIA may not recover. And if that happens, we’re all a lot less safe.
The politicization of Attorney General Eric Holder’s decision to empower a special prosecutor to investigate the treatment of jihadists at Club Gitmo served two functions. First, it was a diversion from the crash-and-burn of ObamaCare ChappaquiddiCare. Second, it was the keeping of a promise Our Lord and Savior Barack Hussein Obama made during the campaign to the MorOn.org/Kos Kiddie moonbat Left.
Watching the process the White House is using to destroy the CIA is, well, almost torture itself, writes S. E. Cupp in the New York Daily News.
Poor Leon Panetta. It’s hard not to feel bad for the guy. If the Obama administration is like one big, elaborate stage production of “Chicago,” Panetta is playing invisible Amos Hart – “Mr. Cellophane” – to sheer, translucent, forgettable perfection.
In less than a year, Panetta’s CIA has been reduced to irrelevance and Panetta himself has either been ignored or emasculated by the very folks who were supposed to be his biggest supporters. For taking on a thankless job that typically only gets attention when there’s a massive failure, this is the thanks he gets?
Cupp cites the Bela Pelosi fiasco, in which the House Speaker claimed she was never briefed about the extreme interrogation tactics being used at Club Gitmo. Panetta calmly produced documented evidence that showed that the Speaker was, well, lying. Panetta was then pressured by a less-than-professional letter from Rep. David Obey (D-Wis.) to change the documented evidence to match Pelosi’s false recollection.
Then she described how The Anointed One stripped the CIA of its oversight of the interrogation of the Club Gitmo jihadists and turned it over to the FBI, signaling two things: (1) that the White House viewed the war as a criminal/law enforcement matter rather than a military one and (2) making sure those overseeing it were directly accountable to The Messiah.
Finally, the latest shoe to drop was the politically charged and motivated Holder investigation.
On TV the other night, ABC News investigative reporter Brian Ross discussed Panetta’s unenviable job: “He has positioned himself, I think correctly, as a defender of the CIA. He feels it’s very important that the people of the CIA be defended so that officers at the CIA who are doing their job continue to do their job.”
But why would they? The intelligence community has been slammed for eight years by liberals, in recent months by Democrats and now by the Obama administration itself, which is prepared to punish the good guys for roughing up the bad guys.
All the while, Panetta’s clearly been knee-capped. Who could blame him if, as rumors suggest, he resigns in protest? No one wants to be publicly emasculated by the President of the United States.
Clearly, the efforts to cripple the CIA have been very effective. The Washington Compost reports on the sagging morale at the CIA.
Morale has sagged at the CIA following the release of additional portions of an inspector general’s review of the agency’s interrogation program and the announcement that the Justice Department would investigate possible abuses by interrogators, according to former intelligence officials, especially those associated with the program.
A. B. “Buzzy” Krongard, the third-ranking CIA official at the time of the use of harsh interrogation practices, said that although vigorous oversight is crucial, the public airing of once-classified internal assessments and the prospect of further investigation are damaging the agency. “Morale at the agency is down to minus 50,” he said.
Why would the White House want to do this? The United States needs a strong CIA in order to prevent future terrorist attacks. Remember the whining of the moonbats after 9/11? “Bush knew …” or “Bush should have known … “
Remember the infamous Presidential Daily Briefing of Aug. 6, 2001, which indicated that Osama bin Laden was determined to strike inside the U.S.? Well, duhhhhhhh! The PDB contained no specific information to actually prevent the eventual attacks, but that didn’t stop the moonbats from attacking.
The CIA was still reeling from many of the restraints put on it in the wake of the Church Committee investigations of the 1970s. Yet it was expected to prevent a terrorist attack without the benefit of having boots on the ground in hostile countries.
Fact is, no torture took place at Club Gitmo. The CIA has nothing for which to apologize or explain away. It did its job to protect Americans and the EIT methods worked. It prevented terrorist attacks and saved lives.
That’s nothing to be ashamed of. The ones who should be ashamed are the ones assailing the CIA for doing its job.
