Pay with our lives

UPDATE: My God. The Obama administration reveals top secret information to al Qaeda but deletes an assessment that the methods worked--the assessment of the administration's own intel head. Chilling. Who is politicizing intelligence? Is every move for partisan advantage--and the country can go to hell? The truth is "not operative" any more? MSNBC/NY Times:

Some parts of memo deleted
Admiral Blair’s assessment that the interrogation methods did produce important information was deleted from a condensed version of his memo released to the media last Thursday. Also deleted was a line in which he empathized with his predecessors who originally approved some of the harsh tactics after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

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The idea of prosecuting a lawyer because a wrote a legal analysis with which the current Attorney General disagrees is so outrageous that I can't believe it would be seriously considered.

Powerline.

But then these are liberals. They want us to just shut up.

Is free speech not free any more? No, we have to pay and pay when we disagree with these guys.

And yes, Nancy Pelosi knew about this stuff when it happened early on--you know, when the WTC was still smoldering and people were still hoping against hope their loved one was just lost but not dead--and our intel guys worked to prevent the next wave of attacks, maybe a nuke.

You Dems keep this up people are going to pay with their lives when we miss the next signs of attack.

P.S. Hey Rep. Jan Schakowski, Nancy Pelosi put you on the House Intel Committee--what did you know and when did you know it--or were you out of the loop, you know, people somehow didn't trust you.

More: Trib leftie hit job. The techniques worked--they gave us intel that saved lives. It is dishonest to tell only half the story, and out of context. The CIA confirms the interrogation methods worked.

More: Hugh Hewitt, President Obama's Enormous Error:

The president's decision to open the door to prosecuting former Bush Administration officials for policies developed and used in the war on terror is not just the threat of the worst sort of unconstitutional ex post facto prosecution, it also greatly endangers the United States by obliging current front-line prosecutors, intelligence operatives and even uniformed members of the military that if it becomes politically useful to classify their conduct as "potentially criminal" this Administration will do so. The impact of that posture will be devastating to the security of the United States.

There is no serious prosecutor who would bring a charge against any of these Bush Adminstration officials. No one not from the far left side of the political spectrum can even frame the indictment or explain how the tactics less coercive than water-boarding could be considered criminal when Congress, offered the opportunity to declare water boarding a crime, refused to do so.

Yes. This is a political witch hunt, which the president has unleashed. But why should we be surprised--he has made a habit of throwing his allies under the bus for political expediency--it's a simpler matter for him to toss aside those he considers his political enemies--no matter the damage to the country.