a href="http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MTRlN2ZiY2U3MTg4NDJlZTA4Y2RjNmFkOTZlNzNkYzc="Marc Thiessen:/abr /br /blockquoteDemocrats on Capitol Hill have been indignant over the fact that the details of a top-secret CIA program apparently was not fully briefed to Congress. Within weeks of that program being brought to Congress’s attention, key details have now leaked to the news media — thus validating the original decision not to share the details with Congress in the first place.br /br /According to the emWall Street Journal/em, the program which Democrats were so angry about turns out to be an effort “to carry out a 2001 presidential authorization to capture or kill al Qaeda operatives.” Excuse me, but this is the Democrats’ idea of a scandal? Most Americans would not only expect, but demand, that the CIA do everything in its power to kill al-Qaeda operatives before they strike our country. Indeed, the Obama administration itself has reportedly escalated targeted killings of al-Qaeda terrorists in Pakistan using Predator and Reaper drones. These targeted killings are not assassinations — they are legitimate strikes against an enemy that has declared war on us and attacked us where we live.br /br /That Congressional Democrats are outraged by this program speaks volumes about the state of their party on national security. The fact that the CIA was trying to kill al-Qaeda operatives should not be a point of outrage — it should be a point of pride.br /br /With this latest leak, Congress has shown once again that it cannot be trusted with highly classified information, and that efforts by House Democrats to require the administration to brief top-secret programs beyond the leaders of the House and Senate intelligence committees are dangerous and misguided....br /br /...br //blockquoteI think this program was a href="http://news.findlaw.com/wp/docs/terrorism/sjres23.es.html"implicitly authorized/a in the use of force authorization that Congress approved after 9-11. This raises further questions about whom the Democrats think is the enemy in this war. Their focus appears to be on the Bush administration rather than al Qaeda.br /br /See also a href="http://www.julescrittenden.com/2009/07/13/big-hush-hush-secret-us-plotted-to-kill-aq-leaders/#more-15984"Jules Crittenden/a and a href="http://hotair.com/archives/2009/07/13/cias-super-secret-plan-assassinate-al-qaeda-leaders/"Ed Morrisey's/a take on this "scandal." It makes you wonder if the Democrats are as smart as they think they are.div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5051247-3855936835956198594?l=prairiepundit.blogspot.com'//div
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