Tuesday, February 09, 2010

The Daily Flashback: Plame Edition

Just when you think No Quarter has gone all Republican-lite, Larry Johnson unleashes a fusillade at Skippy the Wonder Bush and his team of Screaming Sissies-- Republican National Security Leak Hypocrisy : NO QUARTER:

"Aw, pity the poor, oppressed Republicans who are in high dudgeon over the Obama Administration’s “playing politics” with terrorism. Really? As I recall it was not the Obama Administration that jumped on the arrest of Abdulmuttalab-i.e., the failed underwear bomber–to tout their prowess as a fighter of Al Qaeda. Nope. It was the Republicans who insisted that Obama had surrendered to terrorists because the FBI, per standard practice, arrested the suspect because he was on U.S. territory and U.S. law applied.

As I have noted before, the FBI followed the same procedure they employed in previous, similar cases. The arrest of failed shoe bomber, Richard Reid, back in December 2001 is the very same thing. We did not hear from one elected Republican back then accusing Bush of being “soft” on terrorists. Not one insisted that Reid go to Guantanamo.

And don’t give me the bullshit that “this is different.” The only difference here is that Umar Farouk is Nigerian and flew to Detroit. Both men had training from Al Qaeda operatives. Here is what is really galling.

Republican crocodile tears on “politicizing terrorism.” Especially from the likes of Kit Bond. Here’s what I wrote five years ago:.."

Click on the link for the Plame reminder (it is damning and has highly entertaining comments).

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