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52. I agree that the President must act now to rein in the CIA. However, I think people forget

Sat Mar 15, 2014, 12:00 PM

Mar 2014

the situation when he took office.

Yes, he could have devoted his first term to uncovering the crimes of the Bush administration. But that's all he would have accomplished, and he very well might have been a one-term President. The prosecutor President.

He couldn't have done that AND pushed the health care bill through. Congress isn't built that way. So he made the choice to look forward, not backward, and to try to accomplish something good during his own administration. You might not agree with his decision, and that's your right.

But millions of Americans are sleeping better at night because he did.

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Obama, the CIA, and the Limits of Conciliation [View all] WilliamPitt Mar 2014 OP

The article ends by saying "It is time that he start the job." CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2014 #1

+1. Well said n/t Catherina Mar 2014 #2

And it sets a precident that will haunt us forever mindwalker_i Mar 2014 #11

+100 840high Mar 2014 #13

+10000000000 woo me with science Mar 2014 #37

Exactly and well put. dotymed Mar 2014 #42

K&R Solly Mack Mar 2014 #3

Funny I saw this post earlier Ichingcarpenter Mar 2014 #4

that official poster has become a parody of itself bobduca Mar 2014 #6

Another thing is funny... xocet Mar 2014 #22

That is SOP for that particular poster. Rex Mar 2014 #34

This message was self-deleted by its author cui bono Mar 2014 #36

+1 DU rejects blatant propaganda. woo me with science Mar 2014 #41

Ego or desperation? LondonReign2 Mar 2014 #45

Obama should be told that hiding does not equal cleaning. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2014 #5

It was always going to come to this malaise Mar 2014 #7

Hawkiness seems to sell... freebrew Mar 2014 #21

Then came the Pentagon Papers... malaise Mar 2014 #23

IMO, 9-11 was an inside job dotymed Mar 2014 #43

No need to worry... icarusxat Mar 2014 #55

Cleaning this mess should have been started in 2009. Obama took the other path. Autumn Mar 2014 #8

I believe that the "extra-legal" Intelligence branch of our government has gotten rhett o rick Mar 2014 #9

Apparently the "ignore" feature doesn't work. albino65 Mar 2014 #10

Try again. WilliamPitt Mar 2014 #14

Well, let me give it a try FiveGoodMen Mar 2014 #19

Thanks for letting us all know something nobody but you cares about. Rex Mar 2014 #32

Back at ya. I will n/t albino65 Mar 2014 #33

I appreciate you self-reporting LondonReign2 Mar 2014 #46

The truth hurts huh? Inconvenient? neverforget Mar 2014 #47

K&R. JDPriestly Mar 2014 #12

k/r 840high Mar 2014 #15

+ 1,000,000,000 !!! WillyT Mar 2014 #16

Here is ProSense Mar 2014 #17

"See, it's not a problem. I said so earlier" n/t mindwalker_i Mar 2014 #25

+1,000,000 lark Mar 2014 #18

+1 for "Late Avignon Presidency." malthaussen Mar 2014 #20

President Obama promised he would focus on infrastructure... pragmatic_dem Mar 2014 #24

Recommend jsr Mar 2014 #26

L. Fletcher Prouty swilton Mar 2014 #27

Maybe the CIA has threatened the lives of his children fbc Mar 2014 #28

Oh come on...geeze. n/t Jefferson23 Mar 2014 #30

Everything they do is in the interests of the 1%. No one is going to fix the CIA/NSA Zorra Mar 2014 #29

Yeah that, 'don't look back' stuff finally came around and bit him in the ass I see. Rex Mar 2014 #31

From a marketing standpoint the 2008 campaign was a beaut. BrotherIvan Mar 2014 #35

Well said. woo me with science Mar 2014 #39

We've been had. It was obvious from the start of Obama's Presidency. LuvNewcastle Mar 2014 #49

Yes, it was clear very early BrotherIvan Mar 2014 #51

There are those who pray and those who prey... icarusxat Mar 2014 #56

Also, his advisory staff on the Brennan appointment was headed by former associates of George Tenet. cui bono Mar 2014 #38

Tolkien proven right again PorridgeGun Mar 2014 #40

K&R n/t NealK Mar 2014 #44

Kicked and recommended a whole bunch. Enthusiast Mar 2014 #48

thank you, charles pierce! tomp Mar 2014 #50

Charlie Pierce is a very special writer. WilliamPitt Mar 2014 #53

thanks Will. tomp Mar 2014 #58

I think he was on today WilliamPitt Mar 2014 #59

I agree that the President must act now to rein in the CIA. However, I think people forget pnwmom Mar 2014 #52

True and he had about nine* major portfolios to look after CJCRANE Mar 2014 #60

Yes! He need every bit of cooperation he could get to turn the economy around. pnwmom Mar 2014 #62

K&R woo me with science Mar 2014 #54

excellent thread, and excellent comments at the Esquire site. grasswire Mar 2014 #57

kick woo me with science Mar 2014 #61