Posted on 02/04/2011 6:50:39 PM PST by milwguy
President Obama has told National Intelligence Director James Clapper that he’s “disappointed with the intelligence community” for not predicting unrest in Tunisia that spread to Egypt and other Arab countries, the AP reports.
There also was “little warning” before protests erupted in Egypt, leading to a foreign policy scramble in the White House, the wire says, citing an official who spoke anonymously.
The criticism from the White House comes as the chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Dianne Feinstein, wants to know when Obama was briefed about the unfolding crises in north Africa.
“These events should not have come upon us with the surprise that they did,” Feinstein told the AP, citing protesters’ use of the Internet to organize. “There should have been much more warning.”
She added, “Was someone looking at what was going on the Internet?”
George Soros played a big role in organizing the coup in Tunisia. Didn’t he tell his pet in the White House?
All our resources are tied up snooping around in dumpsters in Wasilla.
Should put Walmart everywhere and then Janet Reno can be the DNI chief.
Need to know basis. Above Zero’s pay grade.
...or Tucson.
Why of course its not Obama’s fault. He’s been playing basketball. This topic never comes up in a game of hoops, what are you thinking? He’s got peeps to take care of this stuff for him, don’t you understand? He’s Mister Cool and that’s all he needs to be, unless the Unions call, and then he’d better deliver tout de suite. Comprende, Amigo?
He lost Egypt.
He gave away Britain's nuke secrets to get a (bad) START agreement. Obamacare was declared unconstitutional.
The dog ate his birth certificate.
500,000 people gave up looking for a job.
Impeachment anyone?
So if Feinstein and Obama knew about this six months ago, what exactly would they have done? Sent a stern warning to someone?
Too busy at Man’s Country?
Gosh....Lady-boy HATES to work.
“Mr. President, I did try to call you...last Tuesday, at about 3 AM in the morning. No one picked up the phone!!”
I read a couple of days ago that Obamas people were planning the Egyptian demonstrations against Mubarak back in December 2008. The articles claimed Wikileaks as the source. Now we get these stories that the CIA failed to inform him. BS, Obama is a Moslem ass kisser and traitor.
Here they go setting up so they can play the game of running in circles pointing fingers, and nyah, nyahing at one another until some underling falls off the track, and under the bus.
and then everything will be OK, ‘cause somebody else is under the bus.
Yea...your people were watching the TEA party for deadly flag-waving grandmothers sharing recipes for "GOD Bless America" cookies.
Of course it’s not little ‘ole Barry’s fault. Narcissists are never at fault. It’s always someone else’s fault. If only everyone were as perfect as the narcissist, the world would be a much better place.
“Flashback:
U.S. Director of National Intelligence on London terror arrests: Er, what terror arrests?”
They just keep bumbling from one crisis to the next.
H!’s fault. State should have an ear to the ground and a vast set of plans for potential issues.
What happened to "Smart Diplomacy"?
Little warning, eh?
The Egyptians were demonstrating in December over the elections in November....
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