The Obama administration is looking to try KSM elsewhere than New York City. Apparently the movers and shakers in New York realized Obama had hung a huge millstone around their necks, and demanded he remove it. And although the tip … Continue reading →
From another highly-recommended and comprehensive look at the Abdulmutallab fiasco: Other than the first interview, the FBI’s focus was on ensuring that any statements obtained from Abdulmutallab could be used at trial. Intelligence gathering was, if thought of at all, … Continue reading →
Stephen F. Hayes offers an excellent summary of the colossal screw-up that is the Obama administration’s response to the Christmas bomber. Chaos, stupidity, ignorance, missed opportunities, coverup—it’s all there. Who’s responsible? First and foremost, President Obama, for having adopted the … Continue reading →
Here’s a fascinating—and chilling—2006 Atlantic article by Matthew Teague about the world of terrorists and double-agents. The specific setting is the British counter-war against the IRA. But the situation it describes is relevant to our own war with Islamicist terrorism. … Continue reading →
As we learn more about the suicide bombing of CIA officers in Afghanistan, it seems that time-honored safety precautions were broken: [The bomber] fed the agency honest-to-goodness actionable intelligence about jihadis to build up his credibility, to the point where … Continue reading →
…because those Guantanamo prisoners are petitioning to be allowed to stay there.
Continue reading →Here’s another excellent piece from Andrew McCarthy on the legal issues involved in the Gitmo detainees’ release. McCarthy—the prosecutor in the first WTC case—speaks the voice of reason, although he may be crying in the wilderness at this point. McCarthy … Continue reading →
James Kirchik thinks we should waterboard him, because Abdulmutallab is a good example of the “ticking time bomb” scenario. I don’t even think waterboarding would be necessary—he’s hardly the hardened and veteran terrorist Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is. But I’m in … Continue reading →
Krauthammer gets it, Obama doesn’t: Obama reassured the nation that this [Knickerbomber] “suspect” had been charged. Reassurance? The president should be saying: We have captured an enemy combatant — an illegal combatant under the laws of war: no uniform, direct … Continue reading →
Obama was always a fluid if vapid speechmaker, although his off-the-cuff statements featured a lot of hemming and hawing. But I’ve noticed something that seems new: hesitancy even when he speaks from a prepared text. Obama now seems to go … Continue reading →
The NY Times readership is really really angry—at Janet Napolitano. Take a look at the comments section for this article; here’s a typical sentiment, one of the more moderate of the bunch: On Sunday—even as a supporter of President Obama, … Continue reading →
President Obama is vacationing in Hawaii, and hasn’t yet deigned to address the nation on the subject of the Flight 253 terrorist. Instead, he has left that task in the very unsteady hands of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, who … Continue reading →