tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post7648653283456868466..comments2023-09-15T04:27:57.129-04:00Comments on Commentarama: I Take Full Responsibility--Sort OfAndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-28404031884199830542010-02-08T14:15:44.833-05:002010-02-08T14:15:44.833-05:00This morning's news (Monday) has Democrats cla...This morning's news (Monday) has Democrats claiming that the Republican leadership was fully-informed of the AG's decision and <i>approved</i>. Not the case, apparently, since Hoekstra (and McConnell soon) say that they were merely told that the suspect was being interrogated and that the FBI was involved. No mention whatsoever of Miranda or civilian trials. In other words, it was just a courtesy call to inform them that an investigation was underway.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-83013411657374731662010-02-08T11:09:07.753-05:002010-02-08T11:09:07.753-05:00JohnB: That approach is vastly superior to machin...JohnB: That approach is vastly superior to machines that work about half the time, with operators who are half-asleep. Human observation is the primary tool of the anti-terrorist. While our "security" people are looking for the "primal aggressor" and watching the street-theater of Muslim groups putting on an Allahu Akhbar demonstration, they're not watching the decently-dressed guy with the bomb who is calmly passing through the line.<br /><br />Indeed, Al Qaeda is already modifying its tactics, moving its personnel and planning the next attack.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-10842295285562682572010-02-08T05:52:32.090-05:002010-02-08T05:52:32.090-05:00the level where their goal is to give up their lif...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! <br /> <br />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 . . . ?<br /><br />You can read more at http://blog.AggressionManagement.comJohn Byrneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16107788755438630249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-47317292699419926502010-02-07T15:43:16.453-05:002010-02-07T15:43:16.453-05:00CalFed: Ain't that the truth?! And worse tha...CalFed: Ain't that the truth?! And worse than that, Obama is so busy flitting all over the place making speeches and distorting facts that he won't even see the eight-cent dollar on his desk.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-11181522626318962192010-02-07T15:38:33.904-05:002010-02-07T15:38:33.904-05:00Not only does the buck stop at the President's...Not only does the buck stop at the President's desk, it's now worth about eight cents.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284025222779154243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-29634989906270876642010-02-07T15:03:11.339-05:002010-02-07T15:03:11.339-05:00HamiltonsGhost: That is the nature of bureaucraci...HamiltonsGhost: That is the nature of bureaucracies, the military, governments and businesses. Chain-of-command keeps things in order, but is occasionally the stumbling-block that causes everything to go sour. There had to be many FBI and CIA personnel who would love to have gone directly to the president to protest, and it would have been the end of their careers. It may be Obama's policy, but Holder is in charge of enforcing it, and anyone bold enough to go "over his head" would end up at our mission in Outer Freedonia or looking for a new career.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-62870471493907149082010-02-07T14:55:52.001-05:002010-02-07T14:55:52.001-05:00Lawhawk--It's pretty obvious that the decision...Lawhawk--It's pretty obvious that the decision-making goes all the way to the top of the administration food chain. But it does seem that at least some top department heads (like Holder) are the ones that lower-level people have to get their guidance from. That's why I agree that if Holder were to end up under Obama's bus, the policies wouldn't change, and it would eventually become apparent to those who haven't already figured it out that Obama is behind it all.HamiltonsGhosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07777000856977635480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-53943859159416762352010-02-07T13:46:20.608-05:002010-02-07T13:46:20.608-05:00Andrew: Though I agree with you and WriterX, I sti...Andrew: Though I agree with you and WriterX, I still believe it is important to push the upper administration-level department heads in order to continue to expose the ultimate culprit behind the incompetence--the president. There are still many undecided voters out there who truly believe Obama is a messiah who is being betrayed or misled by "bad company." That must be hammered at, and clarified for the public.<br /><br />The president is not God, so he can't control everything. But for some things, he has direct responsibility, assigned to him by the Constitution. National security is one of those, and I'm not willing for one minute to say that the president is free to argue that national security is beyond his control. He can't fix everything, but he can sure as hell fix nearly all of it, particularly in matters such as the ones discussed within the article.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-75608619223821179412010-02-07T13:39:39.628-05:002010-02-07T13:39:39.628-05:00WriterX: Your comment reinforces the others, and ...WriterX: Your comment reinforces the others, and my personal view as well. The buck really stops at the President's desk, as I strongly indicated in the final paragraph of the article.<br /><br />If we can keep the pressure on the people who <i>appear</i> to be in charge, and turn over enough rocks fully and publicly, we will eventually expose the snake who is really the prime mover.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-75856175986592630512010-02-07T13:35:29.230-05:002010-02-07T13:35:29.230-05:00MegaTroll: I very much agree. But even at that, ...MegaTroll: I very much agree. But even at that, this out-of-control and leaderless administration still leaves too much to chance and the whim of "social experiment" amateurs who will make decisions based on what they think Obama wants, since nobody can really be entirely sure what this chameleon of a president actually wants, or even understands.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-8472658857529735072010-02-07T13:33:16.019-05:002010-02-07T13:33:16.019-05:00Andrew: I'm not so willing to forgive "t...Andrew: I'm not so willing to forgive "the modern world" politicians. And it is important to determine who is responsible for this fiasco in order to determine who will continue to make the decisions.<br /><br />Nor do I think that every bomber who wants to commit an act will succeed if security and intelligence procedures are honed to their best levels. The Israelis have done a very good job. Of course we can't prevent all such attacks, but we can prevent a lot of them with proper information and advanced warning. We know of multiple incidents that would have turned into mass murder if we hadn't gotten information from detained terrorists. If we can't stop all of the attacks, isn't preventing most of them still desirable?<br /><br />The Holder-Obama agenda seems to be to continue to treat terrorist sources of information as criminal defendants with Miranda rights and the right to civilian trials. That guarantees that the possibility of future attacks goes up. Thus, the problem will get fixed only when they are run out of office.<br /><br />Giving up on sound military interrogation techniques and foreign terrorist interrogations because "no process can keep a determined terrorist off an airplane" is just far too fatalistic for my tastes. <br /><br />We haven't suffered a successful attack since 9-11, but there have been plenty of plots which would have succeeded if the former tough policies of interrogation had not been followed. Khalid Sheikh Muhammed himself sang like a bird and revealed several future plans for attack that were ultimately thwarted.<br /><br />Which politicians get "tagged" by the other politicians is of little import to me. Who is really responsible does matter to me, and finding "who's to blame" is not an insignificant thing. As my article indicates, I lay that blame directly at the feet of the man in the White House.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-2885983516362436272010-02-07T11:50:43.968-05:002010-02-07T11:50:43.968-05:00Writer X and Mega, I think you're both absolut...Writer X and Mega, I think you're both absolutely right that no matter what Holder does, it all reflects on the guy in charge.<br /><br />Not only do people no longer let politicians pass the buck to their underlings anymore, but we've become so fixated on the President that we give them credit/blame for things they rarely ever have any power over (like economic growth).AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-49115466880276773922010-02-07T11:31:37.228-05:002010-02-07T11:31:37.228-05:00Another non-apology apology. He and President Oba...Another non-apology apology. He and President Obama are masters at it. Unfortunately, I don't think Obama can hide behind Holder on this one. I think most people paying attention realize the damage this has caused and will inevitably cause in the future in terms of future terrorist acts. But I'm not sure they care.Writer Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16505411188186283813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-11568588360040152772010-02-07T11:13:00.587-05:002010-02-07T11:13:00.587-05:00Holder's been a disaster from day one. Still ...Holder's been a disaster from day one. Still the real blame lies with Obama. I don't believe that Holder does anything Obama doesn't want him to do.MegaTrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03234420338804013858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-58023884527238771362010-02-07T11:07:09.567-05:002010-02-07T11:07:09.567-05:00It doesn't surprise me that he gave a non-apol...It doesn't surprise me that he gave a non-apology apology because that's the way the modern world works. No politician ever accepts responsibility in this day and age.<br /><br />As for the bombing, I think mistakes were made but (1) I think it is more important to fix the problems than it is to assign blame and (2) I don't think any process can keep a determined terrorist of an airplane. That's a fact of life and all the talk about full body scanners and making people sit in their seats is just an attempt to placate the public. The fact is that as long as people want to blow things up, they'll find a way.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.com