Truth and TerrorBy convicted felon Oliver North | February 11, 2010
Washington, DC -- The Obama administration has a near flawless record on the economy. When Mr. Obama or one of his senior minions, like Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, launch a rhetorical offensive on protecting us from the perils of capitalism, we have learned to expect an instant stock market nose dive followed by higher unemployment rates and talk of greater government spending, debt and higher taxes. That's bad enough, but now the O-Team is talking about protecting us from terrorism.
Last Sunday, in a surreal "warm-up" for the Super Bowl, Mr. Obama told CBS News' Katie Couric that putting 9-11-01 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed on trial in New York City was a good idea. With a completely straight face he claimed, "we're not handling any of these cases any different than the Bush administration handled them all through 9-11." It isn't entirely clear what "all through 9-11" means, perhaps because this stunningly disingenuous comment was delivered without the aid of a Tele-prompter. This is, after all, the man who made "closing Gitmo" his first official act as President. Evidently, the Obama spin cycle has no limits -- and there is no setting for "truth."
Set aside trying to imagine President George W. Bush putting KSM on trial in the Big Apple, just blocks from where 3,000 perished in the Twin Towers. And don't even think about how Mr. Obama could apologize to people in dozens more countries for America in general and his predecessor in particular -- only to now embrace "Bush era practices." It is alarming how facile Mr. Obama and the rest of the O-Team have become at dissembling about the real risks confronting us -- and what we need to do to protect ourselves.
Last week, with the federal government shut-down by a snowstorm, "non-essential personnel" were told to stay home. One of the apparently "essential personnel" was John O. Brennan -- Mr. Obama's "terrorism czar" whose official designation is worthy of a Soviet Politburo title: "Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism." On Tuesday, Mr. Brennan took to the op-ed page of USA Today to spin the O-Team decision to treat Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab, the Christmas Day underpants bomber, as a common criminal instead of as an enemy combatant.
In his column, Mr. Brennan baldly claims, "Immediately after the failed Christmas Day attack, Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab was thoroughly interrogated and provided important information. Senior counterterrorism officials from the White House, the intelligence community and the military were all actively discussing this case before he was Mirandized (sic) and supported the decision to charge him in criminal court." He then declares, "The most important breakthrough occurred after Abdul Mutallab was read his rights," as though all this occurred within hours of the arrest.
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http://www.military.com/opinion/0,15202,210597,00.html?wh=newsunhappycamper comment: Ollie, like Orly, is the gift that keeps on spouting. 
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