What’s really behind Holder’s desire to go after the CIA?  Connections my friends.
Back in January I brought this to your attention.  Consider:
1. Eric Holder comes from the law firm of Covington & Burling LLP.
2. Obama announces closing of Gitmo and trials for the detainees.
So… Who is one of Covington & Burlington’s clients?
“The firm represents 17 Yemeni nationals and one Pakistani citizen held at Guantánamo Bay. The Supreme Court will soon review the D.C. Circuit’s ruling that ordered the dismissal of a number of habeas petitions filed by Guantánamo …

From the newly released docs Cheney wanted released.
Pt. 17:
The Agency’s detention and interrogation of terrorists has provided intelligence that has enabled the identification and apprehension of other terrorists and warned of terrorist plots planned for the United States and around the world. The CTC Program has resulted in the issuance of thousands of individual intelligence reports and analytic products supporting the counterterrorism efforts of U.S. policymakers and military commanders.
What is interesting here, and what the media isn’t reporting, is that the Army Field Manual WAS used when interrogations began of …

Democrats love fake scandals, it help them hide their inadequacies. They made an art of it during Bush’s terms in office. Just throw it against the wall with a concerned look on your face and hope it stuck. Most times it did not, a few times it did.
Now their tying a post Bush mud-sling and again, it’s not sticking. Of course I’m talking about the plan to assassinate terrorists. Turns out though that it was known about in 2002 thanks to the Ny …

Wanna hear the sound of a deflating balloon?

“WASHINGTON — Since 2001, the Central Intelligence Agency has developed plans to dispatch small teams overseas to kill senior Qaeda terrorists, according to current and former government officials.
The plans remained vague and were never carried out, the officials said, and Leon E. Panetta, the C.I.A. director, canceled the program last month.
Officials at the spy agency over the years ran into myriad logistical, legal and diplomatic obstacles. How could the role of the United States be masked? Should allies be informed and might they …

Marc Theissen, couldn’t have said it better myself.
“According to the Wall Street Journal, the program which Democrats were so angry about turns out to be an effort “to carry out a 2001 presidential authorization to capture or kill al Qaeda operatives.” Excuse me, but this is the Democrats’ idea of a scandal? Most Americans would not only expect, but demand, that the CIA do everything in its power to kill al-Qaeda operatives before they strike our country. Indeed, the Obama administration itself has reportedly escalated targeted killings of al-Qaeda terrorists …