| Hecklers at Brennan hearing |
After serving 4 turbulent years in the Obama administration
as counter terrorism advisor, and highly partisan spin doctor for President Obama, John
Brennan was nominated to be the new director of the CIA.
If Mr. Brennan expected a placid sail through the senate confirmation
process in Washington
today, he was sorely mistaken.
Right off the bat, he was heckled by members of Code Pink,
who hold him responsible for masterminding armed drone strikes on terrorist
targets in the middle east that have resulted in the deaths of thousands,
including innocent women and children.
Code Pink was synonymous with activist Cindy Sheehan as they
stalked President Bush during his terms, or anyone in his administration they felt responsible
for the war in Iraq.
Heckling, die ins and throwing blood on
members of the Bush administration were a regular occurrence.
Yet Code Pink has been strangely quiet for the past 4 years
of the Obama administration, which exposed their partisan political agenda…Until
today, when they got a chance to show their displeasure with Obama policies.
But senators from both parties picked up where Code Pink
left off after security cleared the protesters from the room.
Senators demanded Brennan explain Obama policy justifying
the killing of Americans on foreign soil who they feel could be a threat to America.
These killings can be done without a hearing or any semblance of rights
Americans are entitled to. Brennan did not have a satisfactory answer for many
of the senators, who feel the Obama administration has set itself up as judge
jury and executioner.
Additionally, Brennan was criticized for the drone program
which is killing suspected terrorists instead of capturing them and gaining
valuable intelligence. One Senator asked how many terror suspects have they
brought in for interrogation since the drone program began 4 years ago. Brennan said he would have to check on
that. The senator said, “don’t bother I
have the answer: it is one suspect.”
This showcases the logic of this administration who says
enhanced interrogation techniques, like pouring water on a terrorists face, is
inhumane, yet when they drop a bomb on a suspected terrorists head it is
morally acceptable.
He was also questioned on his involvement in the leaking of
highly classified intelligence to the press in order to make President Obama
look "commander in chief" like. This public leak
of our intelligence has been said to be deeply damaging to
operations affecting counter terrorism and efforts to thwart Iran’s aim to
obtain nuclear weapons.
Read about damaging leaks here: Is Obama White house willing to jeopardize national security for political gain?
Brennan has a long history of statements during the Obama
administration, where he doesn’t seem to acknowledge Islamic terrorism and has
wrapped himself up in pretzel-like semantics to avoid mentioning it. He was asked to explain those statements as
well, since he is a reflection of the Obama administration who would rather use
the term “man caused disaster” rather that Islamic terrorism, when it occurs.
Read article on Obama administration refusal to call
terrorism, terrorism.
One issue that was brought up and should be squarely focused
upon in the next hearing, are the murders of our personnel in Benghazi. The Obama administration, including
Brennan, has been given a pass on this by the main stream media. It has been
too long for the Obama administration to come forward with the truth on this.
After today’s confirmation hearing ended, Senator Saxby Chambliss
said he was not satisfied with Brennan's answers and looked forward to next
Tuesdays hearing to probe him further on these and other issues.