I got my suspicions on the story:
1. The story at it's most sounds like an exaggeration of a policy debate. There will be debate on the best course of action. This was a high risk-high gain operation. Thinking it over is not the same as waffling.
2. Working around the President to get it done? It'll be the same as conducting a rogue operation. And this Administration does not have the history of fiefdoms that previous adminstrations had. Same thing for the "washington insider" thing. Who ever this guy was was probably outside of the loop intil after it was over.
3. As far as reporting directing to Panetta only...that would be normal. As DCI, Panetta had day-to-day knowledge of what's going..not the President.
I'ved been wondering why none of the current GOP (save John McCain) has congratulated the Oresident for this accomplishment. Even their current operatives say so (albeit, they also said to quickly move on to the next topic). Now by deflecting credit from him, by saying his team worked around him?...*eh*
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Into terror!, Into valour!
Charge ahead! No! Never turn
Yes, it's into the fire we fly
And the devil will burn!
- Scarlett Pimpernell
1. The story at it's most sounds like an exaggeration of a policy debate. There will be debate on the best course of action. This was a high risk-high gain operation. Thinking it over is not the same as waffling.
2. Working around the President to get it done? It'll be the same as conducting a rogue operation. And this Administration does not have the history of fiefdoms that previous adminstrations had. Same thing for the "washington insider" thing. Who ever this guy was was probably outside of the loop intil after it was over.
3. As far as reporting directing to Panetta only...that would be normal. As DCI, Panetta had day-to-day knowledge of what's going..not the President.
I'ved been wondering why none of the current GOP (save John McCain) has congratulated the Oresident for this accomplishment. Even their current operatives say so (albeit, they also said to quickly move on to the next topic). Now by deflecting credit from him, by saying his team worked around him?...*eh*
__________________
Into terror!, Into valour!
Charge ahead! No! Never turn
Yes, it's into the fire we fly
And the devil will burn!
- Scarlett Pimpernell