Obama adviser: Stop criticizing anti-terror effort

[TomClash]

Source: SF Chron


Obama adviser: Stop criticizing anti-terror effort

By MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press Writer


(02-07) 08:26 PST WASHINGTON (AP) --

An exasperated White House newly committed to preaching partisan peace slammed Republicans for playing politics on national security and making ignorant allegations about the investigation into the Christmas airliner plot.

Deputy national security adviser John Brennan complained Sunday that politicians, many of them Republicans, were unfairly criticizing the administration for partisan purposes and second-guessing the case with a "500-mile screwdriver" that reaches from Washington to the scene of the abortive attack in Detroit.

"Quite frankly, I'm tiring of politicians using national security issues such as terrorism as a political football," Brennan said. "They are going out there. They're unknowing of the facts. And they're making charges and allegations that are not anchored in reality."

Brennan's comments came a day after Obama urged Democrats to work with Republicans, telling those attending the Democratic Party's winter meeting that "we can't solve all of our problems alone." The president offered a similar message to a recent gathering of House Republicans.

Republicans have been particularly vocal in criticizing the Obama administration's decision to charge accused bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab in criminal rather than military court and allowing him to be advised of his rights. In contrast to claims that Abdulmutallab stopped talking to authorities, administration officials have contended that the suspect has been providing useful information.

Brennan said he had personally briefed top GOP lawmakers on Christmas night about Abdulmutallab's arrest and that none of them raised objections.

"There's been quite a bit of an outcry after the fact, where again, I'm just very concerned on behalf of counterterrorism professionals throughout our government, that politicians continue to make this a political football and are using it for whatever political or partisan purposes," he said.

Among those he said he briefed were Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.; House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio; and the top Republicans on the congressional intelligence committees, Sen. Kit Bond of Missouri and Rep. Pete Hoekstra of Michigan.

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No Palin here. Just Repukes being spanked and called out for being liars.

[jaxx]

1. Good for him.

Out the bastards for what they are....selling fear to the public and creating dissent among the uninformed.

[msongs]

2. stop kissing republican butt and ceding your power to them? nt

[Iowa]

6. +1

[Jefferson23]

3. I watched the exchange, he did a good job.

[optimator]

4. wahhh please like me republicans wahhh

these fuckers would impeach you for any reason if they could, Barack.
Stop paying attention to an OPPOSITION PARTY that is OPPOSING like the Dems SHOULD HAVE DONE.

[Lost4words]

11. aint that the truth!? nt

[cilla4progress]

5. Really,

they LIE with impugnity and no one calls them on it. No wonder they do it.

[UTUSN]

7. K&R #10 for, I *LIKE* what he says!1 n/t

[clixtox]

8. Speaking metaphorically or allegorically to Americans is useless!

Even the phrase, "not anchored in reality" or, "they're unknowing of the facts", whizzes right past the typical listener or reader. What he should be saying clearly is that they are lying, conniving treasonous bastards, or worse considering the stakes, and get the audience involved emotionally. As long as the Democrats kowtow graciously, being too polite, while our country goes down the tubes, they are complicit.

And I believe many elected Democrats certainly are!

[johnbyrnes]

9. Last Tuesday, Directors of the CIA, FBI and National Intelligence declared that an attack by Al Qaed

Last Tuesday, Directors of the CIA, FBI and National Intelligence declared that an attack by Al Qaeda in the next 3 to 6 months “is certain!” Leon Panetta, CIA Director announced, “The biggest threat is not so much that we face an attack like 9/11. It is that Al Qaeda is adapting its methods in ways that oftentimes make it difficult to detect.”

Panetta’s statement does not take into account the ability to identify any terrorist whose goal it is to give up their life for a cause. Only when you are observing measurable emerging aggression can you identify a terrorist before they effect their violence.

The Center for Aggression Management discovered 15 years ago that there were two kinds of aggression: adrenaline-driven Primal Aggression and intent-driven Cognitive Aggression. The Primal Aggressor, in the extreme, is “red-faced and ready to explode,” the Cognitive Aggressor (the terrorist) is not. When a person, regardless of the culture, gender, education or position, rises to the level where their goal is to give up their life for a cause, their body looses animation and we see the “thousand-yard stare.” But it is more than this, the whole body and behavior looses animation and this is how we can identify them. The problem is that security and law enforcement are still looking for the Primal Aggressor (red-faced and ready to explode). Of course they are finding it difficult to detect these terrorist; a terrorist is a Cognitive Aggression; they are looking for the wrong person!

As our Government analyzes what went wrong regarding Abdulmatallab’s entrance into the United States, you can be assured that Al Qaeda is also analyzing how their plans went wrong. Who do you think will figure it out first . . . ?

You can read more at http://blog.AggressionManagement.com

[Lost4words]

10. we couldn't be where we are without help on both sides, I agree!

Its the system that needs to be confronted!