{"id":14196,"date":"2012-06-09T13:55:41","date_gmt":"2012-06-09T17:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=14196"},"modified":"2012-06-09T13:55:41","modified_gmt":"2012-06-09T17:55:41","slug":"stuck-on-stupid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=14196","title":{"rendered":"Stuck On Stupid"},"content":{"rendered":"

Andrew McCarthy<\/a> posted an article at PJ Media<\/a>\u00a0today about the recent fuss over leaks of classified information. Mr. McCarthy points out a few things about the appointment of a special counsel to investigate the leaks. First of all Mr. McCarthy points out that the sources of the leaks are named in the New York Times<\/a> articles containing the leaks!<\/p>\n

Mr. McCarthy points out:<\/p>\n

At the very beginning of the 6300-word kill-list epic, it says: \u201cIn interviews with The New York Times, three dozen of [Obama’s] current and former advisers described Mr. Obama\u2019s evolution since taking on the role, without precedent in presidential history, of personally overseeing the shadow war with Al Qaeda.\u201d The account goes on to quote, for example, former White House chief-of-staff Bill Daley, who not only confirms the existence of a kill-list but describes the considerations behind adding names to it. Current and former national security officials are quoted, in many instances by name (e.g., national security adviser Thomas Donilon and former national intelligence director Dennis Blair). And when names are not given, the Times<\/em> quotes, for example, \u201cone participant\u201d in the approximately weekly meetings \u2014 videoconferences run by the Pentagon but involving national security officials\u00a0across the administration \u2014 who describes some of the criteria for adding or removing terrorists from the kill-list.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Attorney General<\/a> Eric Holder<\/a> has appointed\u00a0two special prosecutors to investigate the security leaks–Ron Machen, the U.S. attorney for the District of Colombia, and Rod Rosenstein.<\/p>\n

The article further points out:<\/p>\n

…That is, everyone on the team reports to Holder and, ultimately, Obama \u2014 they are not independent. The attorney general has shrewdly moved with apparent speed and responsiveness to address congressional concerns. He will be portrayed as having assembled a team of well-respected investigators who will home in on corruption while being meticulously careful about the top-secret intelligence that must be sifted through and the First Amendment concerns attendant to leak cases. The existence of the well publicized investigation will stop the public flow of information, and the team will get back to you by, say, late 2013 or early 2014, with what they\u2019ve discovered. Maybe we\u2019ll still remember what they were investigating \u2026 but I doubt it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Getting honest answers about anything from the Obama Justice Department has proved to be something of a challenge. I suggest we don’t hold our breath waiting for the results of this investigation. Unfortunately, if things run true to form, the reputations of two good men may be ruined in the process.<\/p>\n

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