Gutting Security: O's Dangerous Anti-Terror Pick

Family Security Matters by Dick Morris, Eileen McGann | Jan. 10, 2009 (Opinion)

President-elect Barack Obama's appointments to Homeland Security, the Justice Department and now the CIA indicate a virtual abandonment of the War on Terror.

As Homeland Security chief, he's named a governor whose only experience has been with the U.S.-Mexican border. His attorney general pick, meanwhile, took the lead in pardoning FALN terrorists. Now he has rounded out his national-security and Justice Department teams by naming ultraliberals. Full Story »

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Subjects: World, U.S., Politics
Topics: Human Rights, Terrorism, Torture, Civil Liberties, Law, National Security, U.S. Constitution, Obama Administration
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Posted by: Posted by Marsha Iverson - Jan 10, 2009 - 1:09 PM PST
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 by Marsha Iverson - Jan. 10, 2009

Shrill partisan hyperbole as expected from Morris and McGann as they recoil in horror at President Elect Obama's nominees for key cabinet positions. Brandishing perjoratives like "as liberal as they come," "ultra-leftist," Morris and spouse caution that the implicit consequences of Obama's reckless and shamefully liberal appointments will be another catastrophic terrorist attack on US "Homeland."

Prime example of name-calling and fear-mongering that so effectively obscured the realities of abuse of power by the Bush administration. Perhaps a better headline would be "Converted Right-Winger adopts role of Chicken Little in post-defeat adaptation of 'The Sky is Falling.'" The unfortunate cumulative effect of this type of propaganda is that genuine threats are concealed or ignored--particularly the specter of destruction of our democratic republic from within.

Each time, the intelligence community acted to protect its own and curbed the liberal president’s inclinations. But now, under Obama, the Democrats will finally have ... More »

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