Posted on 01/23/2010 3:25:28 PM PST by mojito
Scott has written about the fact that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the would-be Christmas-day bomber, was interrogated by the FBI instead of the "High Value Detainee Interrogation Group." The creation of this Group -- the HIG -- was announced with some fanfare a year ago by President Obama who, having shut down the CIA's terrorist interrogation program, hoped to the counter the impression that he wasn't serious about protecting America.
Dennis Blair testified before Congress that Abdulmutallab should have been questioned by the HIG. He also stated that he was not consulted about this matter and that other important intelligence officials were not consulted either.
The notion that the FBI would interrogate a high value detainee like Abdulmutallab, rather than having the interrogation handled by a special group set up expressly for that purpose, is shocking -- so shocking that Blair slapped his head when he tesitifed about the HIG's lack of involvement. What is the purpose of a "High Value Detainee Interrogation Group" if not to question, or at least play a role in the handling, of a guy sent into the country by an emerging branch of al Qaeda with explosives in his underwear?
Blair's testimony seemed too bad to be true, and that turned out to be the case. But not because the HIG did, in fact, interrogate Abdulmutallab; rather, because the HIG does not actually exist as an operational entity.
Blair made this clear in what must rank as the among the most embarrassing "clarificatons" of congressional testimony ever.
(Excerpt) Read more at powerlineblog.com ...
The ONLY reason why this Administration has not already been impeached for this complete dereliction of duty to keep America secure is because there no living survivors of the dead standing in front of 0bama with blood in their eye distraught by their loved ones tragic death.
The should have been MANY, not that it would have been a good thing, because this attack was 100% successful with only a malfunction to thank for the preservation of life.
With every new revelation of the depth of this dereliction, I have to conclude that we are most unfortunately just moments in time away from another successful attack and then the surviving families will be in the faces of 0bama, Holder, and Incompitano with fists clenched in rage.
This is the ONLY reason why this man can get away with his criminal mismanagement of this Nation’s security, because there are no dead Americans.
YET!
Impeach the prick next week. His main job is to protect the country from those prick terrorist buddies of his. “ Muslims”
Basic Point:
“It [O’s Administration ] got rid of key tools used during the Bush administration and has failed to deliver tools it promised to supply as replacements.”
Maybe it was just assumed that after Obama bowed down to the Saudi King, Islamic Terrorists would now be our friends, and wouldn’t try to attack us again.
So Americans wouldn’t need any intelligence or interrogation tools, we wouldn’t to defend America from attacks, as the world would now live in perfect harmony. (At least according to their point of view, the world hated the terrible George W. Bush and would only have love and respect for Obama).
I hate to say it, but if the plane had gone down, the FBI would have said that it was a fuel tank malfunction. Not for the first time.
>>With hindsight, they should have left him with the passengers and crew. They would have performed a more effective interrogation.<<
Best two sentences in this article. I do not advocate violence; but, if the elected government won’t protect us, then we’ll have to protect ourselves.
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