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Why the Hurry? Obama's Loose Lips May Have Cost Us Valuable Intelligence
National Review ^ | 05/11/2011 | Jonah Goldberg

Posted on 05/11/2011 6:38:30 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 05/11/2011 6:38:35 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Everything Obama does is to advance his sorry bony a$$.


2 posted on 05/11/2011 6:42:59 AM PDT by alicewonders
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To: SeekAndFind

Good article. Makes a lot of sense.


3 posted on 05/11/2011 6:43:45 AM PDT by American Quilter (DEFUND OBAMACARE.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Rule 1: Always protect methods and sources
Rule 2: Never let them know what you know.
Rule 3: Only violate Rule 1 and Rule 2 in order to mix in some disinformation that you want them to believe.
Rule 4: Never confirm or deny, see Rules 1 & 2.
Rule 5: Never use official channels to when implementing Rule 3, feed disinformation through putative leaks, see rule 4.


4 posted on 05/11/2011 6:46:16 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Somewhere in Kenya a village is missing its idiot)
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To: SeekAndFind

Isaiah 3 (New International Version, ©2011)

4 “I will make mere youths their officials;
children will rule over them.”


5 posted on 05/11/2011 6:47:43 AM PDT by Red Badger (Jesus said there is no marriage in Heaven. That's why they call it Heaven............)
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I’m no expert on such matters — though I’ve talked to several about this — but even a casual World War II buff can understand that the shelf life of actionable intelligence would be extended if we hadn’t told the whole world, and al-Qaeda in particular, that we had it.

Unless that was the point. There are quite a few enemy sympathizers in the Obama inner circle. Hussein himself the chief sympathizer.
6 posted on 05/11/2011 6:47:43 AM PDT by Tzfat
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Good article. Why the hurry? - To continue building momentum for obama’s reelection campaign. So far, it seems to be working.


7 posted on 05/11/2011 6:49:45 AM PDT by Girlene
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To: SeekAndFind

A small college library is how big?? What a stupid analogy. Why not just shut your mouth about anything that we gathered.


8 posted on 05/11/2011 6:50:46 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

I wonder if the photos will come out before the election?


9 posted on 05/11/2011 6:52:29 AM PDT by dragonblustar (If libs are inspired by a book that was dedicated to the Satan, their reward will be hell.)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

I wonder if the photos will come out before the election?


10 posted on 05/11/2011 6:52:54 AM PDT by dragonblustar (If libs are inspired by a book that was dedicated to Satan, their reward will be hell.)
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The mission was launched and carried out by Panetta, against CrapMan’s will. The rush by CrapMan to tell the world about it, once it had been successfully completed, was to give his fellow-ragheads a jump on changing tactics, plugging leads, etc. that would be available to the U.S. as soon as the info obtained in the mission was analyzed. If the mission had failed or fallen short in some significant way, CrapMan had a speech prepared in which he would have disowned ANY responsibility for it. And you can take that to the bank!


11 posted on 05/11/2011 6:54:12 AM PDT by Tucker39
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“Rule 1: Always protect methods and sources”

The prudent use of intelligence requires intelligence, an attribute sorely lacking in this “Mom, look what I did!” bunch of bozos.


12 posted on 05/11/2011 6:57:27 AM PDT by DrC
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I’m surprised Øbama hasn’t yet pulled out a hand puppet of the deceased Osama on the Øbama Tour.


13 posted on 05/11/2011 7:00:23 AM PDT by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL (***Only candidates whose voting record has financially supported our military)
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To: Tucker39

I think, if the mission failed, we would NEVER have known that it took place.

Years ago a mafioso type we knew told us about being questioned by the authorities. They wanted to know if he knew about a certain thing. His answer:

“If I knew... YOU wouldn’t”


14 posted on 05/11/2011 7:01:34 AM PDT by SMARTY (Conforming to non-conformity is conforming just the same.)
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Obama and his minions care 'squat' about America, which is why they did a 100 mph scramble to get out their "BIG ANNOUNCEMENT" the very 'second' the Seals left the compound.

Think of the elements involved:

- Divulging as "Breaking News" of one of the most successful 'covert' operations ever, before even getting their internal facts and story straight!

- Turning the 'lights on' the operation BEFORE any review of acquired intelligence (supposedly a "large amount").

- Not even a chance 'TO POUNCE' on any newly discovered/located enemies as a result of newly gathered intelligence.

A real leader who's main primary interest is defending this country, would have held on to this information for far longer than the ONE SECOND that these anti-American socialists tripped over each other in doing.

15 posted on 05/11/2011 7:02:03 AM PDT by The Bronze Titan
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To: SeekAndFind

The first rule of Intelligence Club: You Don’t Talk About Intelligence Club.


16 posted on 05/11/2011 7:07:51 AM PDT by Harley (Will Rogers never met Harry Reid.)
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The "death" of Osama conveniently wiped this out of the news cycle.


17 posted on 05/11/2011 7:08:09 AM PDT by COUNTrecount (Barry...above his poi grade.)
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I now know exactly which special unit went in, when they did it, how they got there, what they did there, and what they did with the body afterwards. I even know the timeline of events and intelligence which eventually led them to the compound.

I don’t know what Obama got in English 101.

We know much more about Osama than we will ever know about Obama.


18 posted on 05/11/2011 7:09:14 AM PDT by lacrew (Mr. Soetoro, we regret to inform you that your race card is over the credit limit.)
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I heard some pundit type on the radio the other day talking about how sobering it was for Obama to make the decision to get Osama. Sobering because it could be his “Bay of Pigs”. Not because of the men’s lives at risk, but because of how it might affect him. He was talking like this was a plus to Obama—where he finally graduated to President. It turned me off more from a man I was already completed turned off by.


19 posted on 05/11/2011 7:13:50 AM PDT by beaversmom
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if anyone still thinks 0bama does anything to help the US, i would be shocked


20 posted on 05/11/2011 7:21:28 AM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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