Elections Have Consequences – In this Case, Idiots in Charge
I’m sure you are all aware of the bombshell announcement that CIA Director Leon Penetta recently made declaring that a super secret CIA program has been terminated. For days speculation gushed forward about the nature of the program and the possible involvement of then Vice President Cheney.
The New York Times (never missing an opportunity to expose a national secret and endanger our nation) described the program this way.
The Bush administration has prepared a list of terrorist leaders the Central Intelligence Agency is authorized to kill, if capture is impractical and civilian casualties can be minimized, senior military and intelligence officials said.
The previously undisclosed C.I.A. list includes key Qaeda leaders like Osama bin Laden and his chief deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, as well as other principal figures from Al Qaeda and affiliated terrorist groups, the officials said. The names of about two dozen terrorist leaders have recently been on the lethal-force list, officials said. “It’s the worst of the worst,” an official said.
President Bush has provided written legal authority to the C.I.A. to hunt down and kill the terrorists without seeking further approval each time the agency is about to stage an operation. Some officials said the terrorist list was known as the “high-value target list.” A spokesman for the White House declined to discuss the list or issues involving the use of lethal force against terrorists. A spokesman for the C.I.A. also declined to comment on the list.
Despite the authority given to the agency, Mr. Bush has not waived the executive order banning assassinations, officials said. The presidential authority to kill terrorists defines operatives of Al Qaeda as enemy combatants and thus legitimate targets for lethal force.
The above quote was published in the NYT on December 15, 2002!
This is a Congressional smoke screen to try to protect Nancy Pelosi’s dumb ass. At least now we know that either Penetta is in on this bullshit or he is dumb as a sack of rocks.
Besides, we all know that Cheney’s private assassin squad is called JSOC.
Or at least that’s what the retarded Seymour Hersh would have us believe.
Category: Politics
That’s why the Unit was cancelled, so Scott Foley could be a real assassin…duh…
“At least now we know that either Penetta is in on this bullshit or he is dumb as a sack of rocks.”
Why not both?
I agree with NHS; it’s both. Panetta is a politician first, which makes him part of the bullshit. That he actually has been giving cover to Bella Pelosi at the expense of those at the organization he oversees makes him dumb as a sack of rocks. (I hear they give great heart attacks)