U.S. Terrorism Policy Spawns Steady Staff Exodus (Iraq detour undermines)

[papau]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&ncid=578&e=4&u=/nm/20040407/ts_nm/security_usa_dc

U.S. Terrorism Policy Spawns Steady Staff Exodus

By Caroline Drees, Security Correspondent

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Since the Sept. 11 attacks, the Bush administration has faced a steady exodus of counterterrorism officials, many disappointed by a preoccupation with Iraq they said undermined the U.S. fight against terrorism.

Former counterterrorism officials said at least half a dozen have left the White House Office for Combating Terrorism or related agencies in frustration in the 2 1/2 years since the attacks.

Some also left because they felt President Bush had sidelined his counterterrorism experts and paid almost exclusive heed to the vice president, the defense secretary and other Cabinet members in planning the "war on terror," former counterterrorism officials said.<snip>

Similar charges were made by Bush's former counterterrorism czar, Richard Clarke, who told the independent commission investigating the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks that the administration ignored the al Qaeda threat beforehand and was fixated on Iraq afterward. National security adviser Condoleezza Rice testifies before the 9/11 panel on Thursday.<snip>

[THUNDER HANDS]

1. what is this, the 5,000th story

that says how Bush is failing America?

When will people finally get the hint?

[Blasphemer]

13. Indeed...

They are coming fast and furious now. I suppose Richard Clarke has made it en vogue. They certainly didn't care for the past 3 years. We'll see how long it lasts.

[freethought]

16. If only we could get

the NYTimes or the Washington Post or any other reputable paper to cover the Sibel Edmonds story. That would do it. I keep hoping that there is someone working on her story. Her name is all over the web, but it dosen't count until it is on TV. Sucks! That story would show how incompetent this admin is!

[wryter2000]

2. Vote the story up eom

eom

[MrMonk]

7. Vote it UP!

Cuz someone out there is voting it Down.

It went from 3.60 to 3.56 (10 votes added) just in the time it took me to vote!

[DeepModem Mom]

3. It's as if they are trying to destroy our country --

burdening us with debt for generations, leaving us vulnerable, and unsafe.

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. Read Krugman's book

that is exactly the plan

[JohnOneillsMemory]

6. 'Starve the beast' meaning the hungry American middle class. Yup. n/t

[Mandate My Ass]

5. It's the conscientious ones who're leaving

Soon the entire gov't will be full of neocon yes-men and ennablers and we'll be even more screwed than we are now. I can only imagine how frustrated and demoralized they are, but if they go matters just get worse.

[Just Me]

8. I don't think so,...

,...no offense,...but, we the people are 600 million strong and perhaps there are those who are finally recognizing that "change" is not necessarily fruitful WITHIN a body of corruption.

How many visionaries have proven how "change" really works? How many exercised the wisdom to avoid the jaws of whatever beast they sought to conquer?

Think about it.

[RaulGroom]

9. Think about what?

I'm thinking about what population, exactly, is 600 million?

[Ilsa]

10. Kicking back up

:kick:

This needs to be on the morning news programs and discussed at length, especially tomorrow morning before Condi's big day.

Please go to the link and rate it up!

[drumwolf]

11. If I was a Freeper / neocon, I'd ask.....

"Why do counterterrorism officials hate America?"

:eyes:

[gristy]

12. The headline for this story on the top of my compuserve homepage

was this:

Bush Staff Quits Over Terror Policy

killer...

[BattyDem]

14. Abandon ship!

Bush* staff members:


Bush*:

[Tellurian]

15. **KICK**

Help keep this story at the top of the lineup!

[GeorgeGist]

17. KICK KICK KICK

eom

[Buns_of_Fire]

18. "Preoccupation with Iraq" is too benign a term

The goofy sonofabitch is obsessed with Iraq.