Rep. Peter King, the ranking GOPer on the House Homeland Security Committee, told CNN in an interview yesterday that the terrorist onboard a Detroit-bound airplane (flying from Amsterdam) who attempted to blow it up indeed had “significant terrorist connections”:
Yes, the newspaper that refused to reveal the exact contents of the ClimateGate emails because they were “never meant for the public eye” has once again handed the enemy the keys to the front doors of our intelligence agencies by exposing secret tactics used by the CIA, with the help of Blackwater, in tracking, detaining, and transporting suspected ‘insurgents’ in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Something he wouldn’t do last year in a blatant attempt at placating his party’s anti-war base:
This guy seems to have the right idea:
As expected, the press has gotten advanced excerpts from President’ Obama’s upcoming speech on his plan for Afghanistan, which he will officially announce tonight in a televised address from West Point at 8 ET. CNN has snips from the speech, and the Guardian is liveblogging the unveiling of the plan and the media reports surrounding it.
McClatchy reports that the Commander in Chief of the US military has finally made a decision on whether or not to send more troops to Afghanistan, and will officially announce his decision next Tuesday (probably in a primetime address to the nation):
