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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 04:00 AM Original message |
EXCLUSIVE: Obama Got Pre-Christmas Intelligence Briefing About Terror Threats to "Homeland" |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 04:09 AM Response to Original message |
1. They're (Huffington Post) trying to equate this with Bush's PDB |
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PatrynXX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 07:57 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Obama Vs Bush Vs planes from airports we can't control. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 09:22 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Bush was warned that Al Qaida was planning an attack in the U.S. |
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DallasNE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 12:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
30. Of Course |
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Tab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 04:17 AM Response to Original message |
2. Yeah, and I got a pre-Christmas warning against my family |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 04:21 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. It's not even that good. Yemen wasn't even mentioned. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 09:25 AM Response to Reply #3 |
16. Maybe Yemen was not mentioned in the memo, but our intelligence folk did |
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lamp_shade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 04:59 AM Response to Original message |
4. This is news? To whom? |
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shotten99 (478 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 05:55 AM Response to Original message |
5. In all fairness, both these warnings were worthless |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 09:26 AM Response to Reply #5 |
17. Bin Laden??? |
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penndragon69 (409 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 09:32 AM Response to Reply #5 |
20. You forget... |
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NecklyTyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 06:37 AM Response to Original message |
6. Big difference here, the Bush Administration intentional ignored the warnings in 2001 |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 08:05 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. We should not still be working with what Dummya left. Napolitano, Panetta et. al. should have |
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NecklyTyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 08:59 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Bush and his administration had six or seven years to manipulate our capabilities |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 09:30 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. There is no evidence that anyone ordered any systematic review of the Bushco procedures. |
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Aviation Pro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 12:51 PM Response to Reply #10 |
31. No, Panetta and Napolitano should have directed their.... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 02:17 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Literal much? I did not mean they had to do the nitty gritty work themselves. And I don't look |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
7. You know how the right is going to spin this. |
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PatrynXX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 08:01 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Rush does have a bit of a problem saying that this time. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
11. This is not about Obama v. Bush. A President cannot perform every single task in government. |
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nyy1998 (984 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-03-10 02:13 AM Response to Reply #11 |
45. You make some good arguments |
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droidamus2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
13. Questionable |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 09:47 AM Response to Reply #13 |
22. To what are you referring as "questionable?" |
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droidamus2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 03:16 PM Response to Reply #22 |
40. Well... |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 03:19 PM Response to Reply #22 |
41. How was this a massive foul-up? |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
14. I really wish Obama would stop using the term, "Homeland" and return to "this country". |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 09:29 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. reich on |
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winyanstaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 12:07 PM Response to Reply #18 |
28. yup |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 12:17 PM Response to Reply #14 |
29. +1 |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 04:40 PM Response to Reply #14 |
43. And yet he doesn't. |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
21. There are warnings every Christmas season. Chatter goes up to rattle American's chains. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 09:52 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Where did you get your info about warnings every Xmas and chatter increasing every Xmas season? |
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nyy1998 (984 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-03-10 02:15 AM Response to Reply #23 |
46. Homeland Security used to regularly move up the "warning levels" up a bit. |
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MetaTrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
24. Was there even any mention of aircraft in the report? |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
25. I demand Obama go back into the past and personally screen people at Schiphol Airport! |
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disndat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
26. Yes, but |
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TomClash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
27. Boo! |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
32. Yeah Obama told them "STFU - you covered your ass" followed by "now watch this drive..." |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
33. Call me back when he ignores something called "Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S." |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 02:34 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Bin Laden was determined to strike in the U.S. |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 03:02 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Wrong. |
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tomhayes (476 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
34. Isn't the difference |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
36. Check out this DU LBN thread just started |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 03:05 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. In August 2009 a Saudi Prince was almost killed by a suicide bomber with PTEN in his underwear. |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 04:02 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. That didn't mean this wasn't a new way for explosives to get on planes |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 06:07 PM Response to Reply #36 |
44. Leiter, head of the Nat'l Counterterrorism Center, is a BUSH appointee |
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