Posted on 06/11/2012 6:36:58 PM PDT by MindBender26
On Hannity, Dem pollster Pat Caddell swears he absolutely knows from his sources who the WH secrets leaker is, and it is National Security Advisor Tom Donilon.
Caddell, who is very well wired into all things Democratic in DC, said he thought there as no way Donilon would have done this without Obama's permission and perhaps instigation.
He went on to describe Donilon as a "pure political hack" who has absolutely no experience or qualifications to be the NSA.
Caddell" "Because of this hack, American friends are either dead, in prison or on the run. The Israelis are absolutely furious over the Azerbaijani leak"
To quote Caddell, "This is a job that people like Henry Kissinger, Brent Scowcroft, Condi Rice and Colin Powell have had, and then Obama brings in this vote-counting political hack, registered lobbyist-lawyer for Fannie Mae!"
"General Jones was quoted as saying this hack has no credibility with the military, and now he is burning them." When he burned the CIA in a previous leak, the then-CIA director told him; 'I've got a new PR plan for you, Tom. Shut the F**k Up!"
House of cards.
Originalbuckeye on election night 2008: ‘Now all our enemies will know all our secrets’. I hope Romney roots out every traitor in DC and subjects them ALL to the fullest extent of the LAW!
This makes Watergate look like a school outing.
Caddell would never have said this without permission from the Clintons, and probably the DNC.
House of cards.
That’s right.
0bama is BURNT toast. Or, he’d better be.
Quickie from Wiki:
He worked as Executive Vice President for Law and Policy at Fannie Mae, the federally-chartered mortgage finance company, as a registered lobbyist from 1999 through 2005.[3] This line on his resume raised eyebrows when his appointment to the Obama transition team was announced, given that the company had been seized by federal regulators.[7]
Before his appointment to the Obama Administration, Donilon was a partner in the Washington office of the law firm O’Melveny & Myers, where he advised companies and their boards on a range of “sensitive governance, policy, legal and regulatory matters.” [8]
Government and political work
Donilon worked as assistant secretary of state for public affairs and has served as the Clinton administration’s Secretary of State chief of staff. Although he has no military experience and worked as a lobbyist, Donilon was “intimately involved in many major foreign policy issues, including negotiating the Bosnian peace agreement and the expansion of NATO”. [3] Donilon figures prominently during formulation of strategy for Afghanistan and associated discussions in Bob Woodward’s 2010 book, “Obama’s Wars.”[9]
Donilon was ‘criticized’ by General Jones who once disparaged Donilon, for his lack of overseas experience, telling him that as a result: “You have no credibility with the military,” according to Bob Woodward’s “Obama’s Wars.” Jones said that Donilon was not good in his dealings with his staff at the National Security Council, displaying “too little feel for the people who work day and night....”. Donilon did visit Afghanistan March 2010 during President Obama’s six-hour late-night visit to the country.[10]
Personal life
Donilon is the brother of Mike Donilon, a lawyer and political consultant who is Counselor to Vice-President Joe Biden. He is married to Catherine M. Russell, who is Chief of Staff to Jill Biden, and they have two children
At this point in time.........I would expect alligators to fly and the Cubs to win the World Series...before THAT ever happens.
from Wiki:
Donilon was ‘criticized’ by General Jones who once disparaged Donilon, for his lack of overseas experience, telling him that as a result: “You have no credibility with the military,” according to Bob Woodward’s “Obama’s Wars.” Jones said that Donilon was not good in his dealings with his staff at the National Security Council, displaying “too little feel for the people who work day and night....”. Donilon did visit Afghanistan March 2010 during President Obama’s six-hour late-night visit to the country.[10]
before that:
He worked as Executive Vice President for Law and Policy at Fannie Mae, the federally-chartered mortgage finance company, as a registered lobbyist from 1999 through 2005.[3] This line on his resume raised eyebrows when his appointment to the Obama transition team was announced, given that the company had been seized by federal regulators.[7]
So I assume the MSM will be camped outside of Donilon’s house hounding him with questions every time he pops his head out in public......not.
*LOL*
Don’t forget my Cleveland Browns in the super bowl if you’re looking for improbabilities, LOL
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57900-2005Apr15.html
April 16, 2005
…From 2000 to 2003, Donilon received more than $7 million in compensation in the form of cash payments and restricted stock awards. Last year, he was paid his salary — $644,000 — but no bonus.
…Obama’s close hometown crony, campaign finance chief and senior adviser Penny Pritzker was head of Superior Bank of Chicago, a subprime specialist that went bust in 2001, leaving more than 1,400 people stripped of their savings after bank officials falsified profit reports. Pritzker’s lawyer at O’Melveny and Myers, Tom Donilon, is now Obama’s deputy national security adviser. He earned just shy of $4 million representing her and other high-profile meltdown clients including Goldman Sachs.
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/28562
…Thomas Donilon is really Biden’s man. He’s worked for Biden in the past. His brother works for him. His wife is Biden’s Chief of Staff. If Donilon was any deeper in with Biden, he’d be married to him. Which means it’s good odds that Biden helped push out Jones. Biden’s supposed reason for being in his present job is his foreign policy expertise. Putting in Donilon let him have an oar in the water, now his oar just got a little bigger
According to his wiki bio, he worked on foreign policy issues in the Clinton administration, but then the Clintons have been known to throw their own people under the bus too. His brother is Counselor to Joe Biden, while his wife, Catherine Russell, is Jill Biden's Chief of Staff.
See tag line.
I agree (other than the DNC part). DWS is still under 0bama control.
House of cards indeed. For Caddell to add ... "he thought there as no way Donilon would have done this without Obama's permission and perhaps instigation" was priceless! The battle lines are forming between the Clintons and 0bama. Popcorn time.
“Was Donilon confirmed or is he another ‘recess’ appointment? WHO IS RESPONSIBLE for this sorry excuse for an American being in a position of power??”
In other words, elections matter. We need to get Obama out of the White House pronto.
I’m starting to think there’s a lot of Dems who don’t want Obama to have a second term.
Remember, the DNC (and RNC) are much more interested in House and Senate races than the presidency.
Presidents come and go, but Senators can last 30 years, and they control the purse strings.
If DNC has a choice of bscking Obama and losing Senate... or throwing him overboard and retaining Senate, it’s Bye, Bye, Barack!
Interesting info.
Is Biden deliberately undermining 0bama?
I think it’s a possibility that 0bama might be forced to resign before the election.
I’m not sure Caddell is really crazy about anybody remotely close to either Obama or the Clintons these days. I honestly believe he may in fact think the leak was both wrong and stupid and may cost Dems too many votes.
Pritzker’s lawyer at O’Melveny and Myers, Tom Donilon,
The plot thickens.
Oh this is going to be interesting, get some of
these people under oath!
One big incestuous orgy with these people
Cah...ching. Looks like Clinton payback. Clinton misstatements last week were accidents? Come on. Don’t think so, even if Slick Willy walked them back after the damage was done. The Clintons are in payback mode.
And I hope Romney yells...."Come out with your hands up!"
LOL!!
Republicans in DC, even most hard right Conservatives, consider Caddell to be an “honest broker.”
And I thought it was George Bush. Silly me.
I hope he is cause he’s probably going to find himself
under oath before long.
One big problem for Obama is that all his people
know too much about all his people.
who’s going to arrest him? no one
Except for one thing...Obama, as the NCA, has the authority to declassify and authorize the release of any information he sees fit. So if in fact, Obama declassified and authorized Donilon to release the info, while foolhardy, inept and grossly irresponsible, it may not be, strictly speaking, illegal...
...unless one is willing to make the case for treason against the POTUS.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2604816/posts?page=1
Gates called him a disaster back in 2010.
Thanks for the link, it was very informative. Pat Caddell would not have publicly named anyone on national television unless he had the goods. Obama and his circle seem to be desperate and melting before our eyes. Reminds me of Nixon’s “Saturday Night Massacre’ when things really showed they were falling apart.
Republicans in DC, even most hard right Conservatives, consider Caddell to be an “honest broker.”
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I hope you are not being sarcastic because that is my take on Caddell as well. He is always introduced on Fox as a Dem but to tell you he truth he walks and talks more like a Republican.
Caddell is a straight up guy, as opposed to one prominant R pollster who has been known to cook the books for $.
When a “former TV Network newsie” did you credit your research?
'If only' he would. A pathetically large 'if'; unfortunately. . .
This bastard needs to go down.
Caddell gets a ‘Courage Award’. . .no matter what. REpubs better move this ‘fast forward’.
“Don’t forget my Cleveland Browns in the super bowl if you’re looking for improbabilities...”
Or ‘my’ Cleveland Indians winning the World Series...
Is my memory failing me or wasn’t it Joe Biden that first started mouthing about Seal Team 6?
“Is Biden deliberately undermining 0bama?”
Are you implying that Biden caused Donilon make the leaks, then had Pat Caddell out the whole thing, so that Obama would have to resign, leaving Biden as President? Seems both too clever and too dumb even for Biden.
Is it possible that the Clintons tricked an unwitting Biden into using his asset Donilon to make the leaks, so they could destroy Obama with it, taking Biden with him, thus clearing the field for Hillary? If so, I don’t think they would have used Pat Caddell as the messenger (though if Donilon commits suicide I’ll reconsider...).
There are many other interesting possibilities, but I’d like to think that actual National Security “patriots” passed this to Caddell to ensure that there will be a special prosecutor, rather than a DOJ whitewash, and to force Donilon to shut up and get out.
There are many other interesting possibilities, but I’d like to think that actual National Security “patriots” passed this to Caddell to ensure that there will be a special prosecutor, rather than a DOJ whitewash, and to force Donilon to shut up and get out.
Shut up and get out isn’t enough. He needs to be tried.
How incestuous.
It would sure bump up Romney in the polls if he came out and said that his administration will dig deep to root out and prosecute any and all criminals in this administration, regardless of the height of their current position. National security is far more important than deference to any previous administration or reaching across the aisle to look like a “fair” and “bipartisan” guy that wants to get along with the Socialists that would drag us down.
But I have very little faith that Romney has the guts to do the right thing.
I really doubt that National security is anywhere a top consideration for the 50+or- people on welfare or the majority of ticket holders to sporting events. Their concern is entertainment let alone all the self serving politicians.
I wonder if this has anything to do with the recent decision by the government to cancel the remaining 100's of millions the Pritzker family owed on their fine for this fraud.
“Shut up and get out isn’t enough. He needs to be tried.”
Agreed, but that will take a while, and Obama will try to “investigate” the leaks until after the election. Donilon needs to be forced out of office immediately, even if he is not the leaker. For Obama to have someone like this as NSA is a disgrace by itself.
Look for the left media to circle the wagons on this — by all rights, it should be a game-ender for Obama.
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