11 Russian spies
Of course, that is the story that’ll suck the air out of everything else this week. The Holder Justice Department finally found some foreigners that they’ll round up and announce their evil intentions on the TV. The Washington Post reports;
The operation, referred to by U.S. investigators as “the Illegals program,” was aimed at placing spies in nongovernmental jobs, such as at think tanks, where they could glean information from policymakers and Washington-connected insiders without attracting attention.
Whether it succeeded was unclear Monday. Federal law enforcement officials portrayed their operation as a spectacular counterintelligence success that uncovered a group of spies capable of doing great damage to U.S. national security. “I can’t remember a case where we’ve been able to arrest 10 intelligence officers from a foreign country in one fell swoop,” one official said. “This network in the United States has now been completely compromised.”
But other officials said the Russian network appears to have accomplished little, if any, of its espionage aims, even though some of the suspects had lived in this country for up to two decades.
That’s all well and good, three administrations unraveled the spy ring – but where were they when Nidal Hassan was making noise while he was in uniform making disparaging remarks about the US operations in the Middle East – just before he shot a bunch of soldiers in Fort Hood? Where were they when Carlos Bledsoe was making trips to the Mideast for training before he shot two soldiers in Arkansas?
Russian spies are easy – two people named Murphy speaking Russian to each other. How hard was that?
Category: Barack Obama/Joe Biden, Legal
This is the same Justice Department under Eric Holder that scared the crap out of everyone about the Hutaree militia.
After it went to court, the Judge told the prosecutors that the case is pathetically weak and released 9 of the suspects on bail.
This smells a lot like the Hutaree case. Just sayin’.
AP; I think those 9, that were released, were put back in jail, IIRC.
As for this story; yeah, it’s great that they were rounded up, but as Jonn says; where were the feds when blatant and loud warning signs were being ignored?
Now, this is where I get a bad taste in my mouth for this site, more then usually.
Instead of pointing out that we’ve taken almost a dozen spies off the streets, you somehow blame Obama and Biden for not doing better else ware.
I believe Nidal Hassan was a product mostly under Bush.
I believe Bledsoe was getting his training under Bush.
I believe the Russian spies were here before Jan. Of 2008, right?
So yes, I’m not going to sit and play the Blame bush game, he couldn’t of kept track of every person in the US while he was president. However, you can’t crap on the current administration for bringing to light that we caught spies.
You all might make decent points about the shortcomings of the current administration, but your deep rooted desire to cast everything they do in a negative light is pretty embarrassing at times.
Sarah,
If you go back and read John’s article correctly you will realize that he blames the last 3 administrations, not just Obama.
So really, who’s the blind partisan hack here ma’am?
Hypocrisy thy name is Sarah.
Sarah, did I mention a particular administration? I don’t believe I did. What I did mention is that the PC climate inherent within the ranks of both the military and intelligence services has created an unbalanced approach and outcome when assessing threats.
Thats funny as hell Sarah, you scream partisan then turn around and do the same thing. Thats neat, can you do it again…just once please, I need more levity in my life.
Sarah,
Maybe when you are a little older, you’ll learn the difference between what is fact and what is not. Be hopeful that your emotions won’t always twist those facts to fit your reality as you mature. Because liberalism is a mental disorder, after all.