Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
Editorials & Other Articles
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: How Obama Officials Cried ‘Terrorism’ to Cover Up a Paperwork Error [View all]villager
(26,001 posts)48. Well, we agree on the pairs of feet held to fire
Still, though: Keep those damn guns locked up.
Edit history
Please sign in to view edit histories.
Recommendations
0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):
56 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
RecommendedHighlight replies with 5 or more recommendations
What the case shows is: improper use of an FBI form in 2004; subsequent improper
struggle4progress
Feb 2014
#9
Yes, we elected Dems to fix all of this shit. It looks like we were hopelessly naive. But not any
sabrina 1
Feb 2014
#14
They weren't Obama officials in 2004. Unless they were in Chicago. Obama wasn't yet a Senator.
SleeplessinSoCal
Feb 2014
#15
this "author" wrote a story five days ago about the same court case but you wouldn't recognize it
okaawhatever
Feb 2014
#53
It took some effort to find a version of the story headlining the President
struggle4progress
Feb 2014
#21
As soon as you sign off on that NSA micro-nano-chip that will report on them,
truedelphi
Feb 2014
#56
3 Obama officials are quoted in the article, tryign to cover up the bungle
muriel_volestrangler
Feb 2014
#36
It's impossible to know exactly what the statements are arguing without context
struggle4progress
Feb 2014
#38
I wrote further down the thread about how this same "author" wrote a story 5 days ago in his
okaawhatever
Feb 2014
#54
... Ms. Ibrahim’s case ... casts light on the role of private contractors in deciding
struggle4progress
Feb 2014
#5
There seem to have been at least two efforts to correct a database under the prior administration,
struggle4progress
Feb 2014
#17
But surely no mistakes will be made with all the information being amassed on the general population
Alkene
Feb 2014
#10
I won't go that far, but I shall continue to hold the feet of the apologists...
friendly_iconoclast
Feb 2014
#47
I'm sure you wish it were, but the story is far less sexy than you might like
struggle4progress
Feb 2014
#18
but you can't ever question officials, and it's *not* authoritarian to say that
MisterP
Feb 2014
#33
No joke, a poll taken 6 months ago by PPP shows that more Republican in LA blame Obama than Bush for
okaawhatever
Feb 2014
#52
This article is pure bullcrap. The same "author" wrote a story about this trial five days ago and
okaawhatever
Feb 2014
#51
As far as I can tell from the court decision, she was removed from the no-fly list in 2005 but
struggle4progress
Feb 2014
#55