Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
I finally got around to watching Zero Dark Thirty, the film about the decade-long hunt for bin Laden. Before it came out, conservatives were concerned because the White House gave the filmmakers unprecedented access to information about the hunt and about the actual hit on bin Laden. This opened up
Continue readingMy head is spinning. I just wrote a post for Mr. Conservative based upon the most current news stories saying that an arrest had been made. From the time of those stories to the time I published the post, it was about 10 minutes. Within one minute after the post
Continue readingThat’s some big news. Three days after the President wins reelection, the head of the CIA, who just happened to be on the Benghazi watch, resigns, citing an affair. That opens the way to a lot of ideas. I’ll accept that he was indeed having an affair. Did he resign
Continue readingHe’s not in a uniform, but Raymond A. Davis, former Special Forces soldier, and current CIA operator and prisoner in Pakistan is a soldier for American interests. Our own government has admitted that he “was part of a covert, C.I.A.-led team collecting intelligence and conducting surveillance on militant groups deep
Continue readingHas the U.S. ever been so clueless as it is today with respect to events going on in Egypt? CIA Director Panetta just admitted that he gets his information on Egyptian events from the media, rather than from his own agency. National Intelligence Director Jim Clapper, meanwhile, pontificates about how
Continue readingIt says an enormous amount about Nancy Pelosi’s credibility that the public, by a two to one margin, believes spooks rather than her.
Continue readingThe Politico headlines reveal that the Dems are picking a direct fight with the CIA. Pelosi says they lied to her, while the Dem leadership is accusing the CIA of breaking laws. My idle question is this: Is it wise to pick a fight with those who ferret out and
Continue readingAlthough Bush did not mess directly with the CIA, it nevertheless turned on him, either because his Iraq War humiliated the CIA by showing how poor its intelligence gathering was or because the CIA is a heavily Democratic institution. If the CIA turns on Obama, though, it will be personal:
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