Saturday, January 2, 2010

The Politics of Terror

Remember, readers, all politics is BULLSHIT!

And that is what we are presented with in our
AmeriKan newspapers, world.

"
Obama faults air security system; Critical information not shared, he says; ‘Red flags’ could have kept suspect off plane" by Peter Baker and Carl Hulse, New York Times | December 30, 2009

They always lay the biggest load.


HONOLULU - President Barack Obama declared yesterday that there was a “systemic failure’’ of the nation’s security apparatus after being told about more missed signals and uncorrelated intelligence that should have prevented a would-be bomber from boarding a flight for the United States.

Related
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More to follow as needed.

The president was told during a private briefing yesterday morning while vacationing in Hawaii that the government had a variety of information in its possession before the thwarted bombing that would have been a clear warning had it been shared between agencies, a senior official said.

Well, when the guy is a CIA agent, what do you expect?

Related: Pulling the Wool Over Obama's Eyes

Doing it again, huh -- as he tries to pull it over ours?

Details of what the president learned before making his statement were unclear. Two officials, however, said the government had intelligence from Yemen before Christmas that leaders of a branch of Al Qaeda there were talking about “a Nigerian’’ being prepared for a terrorist attack.

Al-CIA-Duh?

Related:

Prop 101: Al-CIA-Duh and the OSI

Prop 101: Al-CIA-Duh's Greatest Hits


Prop 101: The "Terrorism" Business


"Al-CIA-Duh" School in Somalia

New York Times Admits War on Terror is U.S. Creation

"Al-CIA-Duh," right, NYT!

What do you mean
there is no Al Qaeda?

You mean Al Qaeda doesn't even exist?

While it did not involve a name, officials said it would have been evident had it been compared with information about Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the 23-year-old charged with trying to blow up a Northwest Airlines flight to Detroit on Christmas Day. The government also had more information about where Abdulmutallab had been and what some of his plans were.

Of COURSE THEY DID!! He was WORKING FOR THEM!!!


Some of the information at the time was partial or incomplete and it was not obvious that it was connected, the official said, but in retrospect it now appears clear that had it all been examined together it would have pointed to the pending attack. The official said the administration was “increasingly confident’’ that Al Qaeda had a role in the attack, as the group’s Yemeni branch has publicly asserted.

I'm just wondering when the MSM assholes run out of shit because it just keeps on flowing!!!


Senior US officials told the Associated Press that intelligence authorities are now looking at conversations between the suspect in the failed attack and at least one Al Qaeda member. They did not say how these communications with Abdulmutallab took place by Internet, cellphone, or another method.

Translation: The CIA HASN'T CREATED the COVER STORY or the FORGED TAPES yet!!!


The officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence matters, said the conversations were vague or coded, but the intelligence community believes that, in hindsight, the communications may have been referring to the Detroit attack.

Translation: The ere is NOTHING THERE but BULLSHIT!!

C'mon, guys, this is GETTING OLD and is SOOOOO PLAYED!!!!


Intelligence officials would not confirm whether those conversations involved Yemen-based radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, but other US government officials said there were initial indications that he was involved. Awlaki reportedly corresponded by e-mail with Major Nidal Malik Hasan, who is charged with killing 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, on Nov. 5....

Oh, our first big
NYT whopper of the day!!!

Related (color codes my emphasis):


"Airline Terror Mission Blessed by Radical Imam

The Nigerian accused of trying to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner had his suicide mission personally blessed in Yemen by Anwar al-Awlaki, the Muslim imam suspected of radicalizing the Fort Hood shooting suspect, a U.S. intelligence source has told The Washington Times.

"Actually, the US Government rescinded a warrant for this guy's arrest in 2002. He was imprisoned in Yemen but released 2 years ago. His fellow clerics openly accuse him of cooperating with the CIA." -- Wake the Flock Up

"Khattab (aka Joseph Cohen) Removes All Traces of Link to Ft. Hood Killer Hasan

But whether or not this particular "Slave of Allah" is Nidal Hasan is not important. Certainly the Revolution Muslim user "ooklepookle" is Hasan's friend Duane Reasoner. What is important is that Khattab has been busy removing webpages from his site connecting him to "ooklepookle". When we originally reported the relationship we had to use a Google cache page. All webpages showing "ooklepookle" at Revolution Muslim had already been removed. Google's archive -- a snapshot of what the webpage looked like at a single moment in time -- remained.

"So, given that Yousef al-Khattab is actually Joseph Cohen and one of the numerous fake Al Qaeda used to create a justification for war, then a link from Cohen to Nidal Hasan suggests that the Fort Hood incident was in reality a normal Mossad false-flag operation." -- Wake the Flock Up

Officials: U.S. Army Told of Hasan's Contacts with al Qaeda

U.S. intelligence agencies were aware months ago that Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan was attempting to make contact with an individual associated with al Qaeda, two American officials briefed on classified material in the case told ABC News.

".... one of the "Al Qaeda" operatives Hasan may have been in contact with was Yousef al-Khattab, aka Joseph Cohen. The Imam mentioned in this article, Anwar al Awlaki, is thought by many of his fellow clerics to be working with the CIA. When he was living in the US in 2002, a warrant for his arrest was inexplicably rescinded by the US Attorney in Denver, an indication that a deal may have been made then. Anwar al Awlaki was also claimed to have been a point of contact for two of the 9-11 accused." -- Wake the Flock Up

Also see: MSM Covering Up Military Munity at Fort Hood

MSM Putting the Hood Over the American Public

Taking the Hood Off the AmeriKan MSM

Are the LIES and OMISSIONS beyond belief or what, America?

And YOU THINK you are getting FACTS when you open a "newspaper?"

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The president’s withering assessment of the government’s performance could reshape the intensifying political debate over the thwarted terrorist attack. Instead of defending the system, Obama sided with critics who contended that it did not work and positioned himself as a reformer who will fix it. At the same time, the decision to speak a second time after remaining out of sight for three days underscores the administration’s concern over being outflanked on national security.

You SEE the AGENDA, right?

That is what it is ALL ABOUT, folks!

When TYRANNY FAILS because of FALSE FLAG PROPAGANDA and PATSIES the answer is -- MORE TYRANNY!!!!

Related: Why the Next False Flag Will Fail

Great points!

The aftermath of the attempted bombing has been marked by an increasingly fierce partisan exchange over culpability heading into a midterm election year. With Republicans on the attack and accusing the administration of not taking terrorism seriously enough, Democrats are returning fire by contending that the opposition is standing in the way of needed personnel and money while exploiting public fears....

PFFFFFFFFFFTTTTTT!!

They BOTH STILL PROMOTE the DAMNED "Al-CIA-Duh" lie, ao that is the "politics" is nothing but YOU-KNOW-WHAT, America!!

The president praised the professionalism of the nation’s intelligence, counterterrorism, homeland security, and law enforcement officials....

That's a WITHERING ASSESSMENT of the FAILURES?

This guy is JUST AS MUCH a TOADY as BUSH -- and SOUNDS JUST LIKE HIM!!!!

Obama told reporters at the Marine Corps base at Kaneohe Bay outside Honolulu, near his vacation home in Kailua. “We need to learn from this episode and act quickly to fix the flaws in our system, because our security is at stake and lives are at stake.’’

He sucks. And you thought we were getting "change," America.

The only change has been FOR the WORSE because THIS GUY is GEORGE BUSH in a BLACK SKIN!!!

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WASHINGTON - With congressional elections already underway, Republicans yesterday seized on airline security and the broader issue of terrorism as issues that could help them define their 2010 campaigns, calling for tougher action and faulting the Obama administration.

Representative Pete Hoekstra of Michigan, the ranking Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, said on “The Early Show’’ on CBS that the Obama administration needs to do better in talking to the American people on terrorism, an issue that won’t be going away. This was a continuation of his attack that began Sunday when he told “Fox News Sunday’’ that “the threat to the United States is real. I think this administration has downplayed it.’’

FLASHBACK:

US Representative Peter Hoekstra of Michigan, ranking Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, said he had been told by credible sources that the US government knew that Abdulmutallab was involved with Al Qaeda for at least a couple of months, perhaps even a couple of years, he said.

Now THINK ABOUT THAT PARAGRAPH for a minute.

Hoekstra MUST have been told by SOURCES OUTSIDE the U.S. GOVERNMENT judging by the way it was written.

And JUST WHO COULD THAT BE, readers?

WHOSE LIES did we go to war over, hmmm?

Hoekstra said his sources have told him that the suspect has ties to Yemen and “most likely’’ has ties to Anwar al-Awlaki, the radical cleric who led mosques in San Diego and later in Falls Church, Va., and who met with several Sept. 11, 2001, hijackers before the attacks.

PFFFFFFFFTTTTTTT!!

Awlaki, a US citizen, moved to Yemen a few months after the attacks. Abdulmutallab apparently traveled to Yemen and may have been in contact with Awlaki, Hoekstra said. “Both of these should have been a trigger,’’ he said. “So somewhere along the line, the process appeared to break down.’’

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So WHEN is the NEXT FALSE FLAG TERROR ATTACK coming, Pete, because YOU SEEM to have the SOURCES!!!

Representative Peter King of New York, the top Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee, also again took to the airways yesterday morning, arguing that the Nigerian suspect should be tried by a military tribunal rather than a civilian court.

Pfffft!


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Obama has backing in some quarters, though!


"In sober, measured remarks, Obama conveys strength

Many Americans would like to believe - and have the world believe - that American military might, once unleashed, can counter any threat. Thus, it’s important to make sure that everyone in the world is wary of angering Uncle Sam....

And WHY WOULD THAT BE, Globe?

I thought we were ALL ABOUT PEACE, not being an ANGRY THREAT that could go off half-cocked!!!!

Yeah, the WAR-PROMOTING and AGENDA-PUSHING isn't about PEACE at all, is it, you Zionist PoS?

Americans....

You know, YOU DO NOT SPEAK FOR ME, Globe, EVER!

So STOP ACTING like YOU are the VOICE of Americans, you Zionist PoS!!!!

are safer with Obama, who keeps the attention of the world where it should be: on rooting out Al Qaeda.

Oh, HE MUST BE SERVING his JEWISH MASTERS WELL!!

Look at them GLOAT!!!!

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Of course, some do NOT AGREE!

"Obama aides hit Cheney comments on attempted bombing; They charge GOP is playing politics in terrorism case" by Globe Staff And Wire Services | December 31, 2009

PFFFFFFFTTT!!

See: Cheney Fibbed to FBI

Breaking News: Obama Defends Dick Cheney

I'm sorry, but I'M NOT TAKING ANY of this SHIT-SHOVELED GARBAGE SERIOUSLY, and NEITHER SHOULD YOU!

This is ALL HOT F***ING FART MIST for American inhale!!!!

Top aides to President Obama accused Republicans yesterday of exploiting the attempted Christmas Day bombing of a US airliner for political purposes in ways that Democrats did not attack GOP President George W. Bush.

The White House responded specifically to former vice president Dick Cheney, who turned up the volume on criticism that Obama’s initial response was the latest evidence that Democrats do not aggressively protect the country from terrorism.

Is that what the STAND-DOWN ORDER was doing, Dick?

And if DemocraPs want to defend the country they can START TELLING the TRUTH about "Al-CIA-Duh!"

Otherwise, SHUT the F*** UP, DemocraPs!

Cheney, who has been one of the president’s strongest critics, said Obama is “trying to pretend we are not at war.’’

“He seems to think if he has a low-key response to an attempt to blow up an airliner and kill hundreds of people, we won’t be at war. He seems to think if he gives terrorists the rights of Americans, lets them lawyer up, and reads them their Miranda rights, we won’t be at war. He seems to think if we bring the mastermind of Sept. 11 to New York, give him a lawyer and trial in civilian court, we won’t be at war,’’ the former vice president said in a statement to Politico, a website and newspaper that covers Washington.

“He seems to think if he closes Guantanamo and releases the hard-core Al Qaeda-trained terrorists still there, we won’t be at war,’’ Cheney continued. “He seems to think if he gets rid of the words, ‘war on terror,’ we won’t be at war. But we are at war and when President Obama pretends we aren’t, it makes us less safe.’’

Cheney seems to think we give a shit what he says.

The White House fired back, accusing the Bush-Cheney administration of allowing Al Qaeda to thrive while it diverted attention to Iraq. An Al Qaeda offshoot based in Yemen has claimed responsibility for the attempted bombing, saying it was retaliating for US-assisted strikes against its hide-outs.

“Seven years of bellicose rhetoric failed to reduce the threat from Al Qaeda and succeeded in dividing this country,’’ communications director Dan Pfeiffer wrote on the White House website. “And it seems strangely off-key now, at a time when our country is under attack, for the architect of those policies to be attacking the president.’’

Although Obama has eschewed the Bush-era phrase “war on terror,’’ arguing that terror is a tactic not an enemy, Pfeiffer pointed out that the president has repeatedly said the nation is at war with Al Qaeda, even if he “doesn’t need to beat his chest to prove it,’’ as the last administration did.

Aides also pointed out that the system that missed the would-be bomber was put in place by Bush, and noted that Democrats did not attack Bush in 2001 when he made no public statement for nearly a week after a similar attempted bombing by “shoe bomber’’ Richard Reid....

Yeah, well, the S***-THROWING FINGER-POINTING is really NOT INTERESTING at all.

And if I AM NOT LISTENING, you can be assured the American public is not, either!

House Republican leader John Boehner faulted Obama, saying he had treated the case as a “law enforcement matter.’’

“We’re fighting a war on terror, and this was a terrorist act,’’ Boehner said. “The threat we face is real, and we don’t need to downplay it.’’

Defending the president, Democrats accused Republicans of voting against funding for better security.

Democrats are especially angry over a fund-raising letter issued Tuesday by Representative Pete Hoekstra, the senior Republican on the House Intelligence Committee. “They just don’t get it,’’ wrote Hoekstra, who is running for Michigan governor. “These are the same weak-kneed liberals who have recently tried to bring Guantanamo Bay terrorists right here to Michigan!’’

Chris Van Hollen, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chairman, said yesterday that the letter “just goes to show how extreme and out of touch House Republicans have become, that their members would try to score political points and even raise money off the terror plot to blow up a plane and kill innocent Americans on Christmas.’’

This is WHY YOU LOST ME, DemocraPs!!

I was a REGISTERED DEMOCRAT or INDEPENDENT for YEARS here in Massachusetts until 2007 -- when I REGISTERED REPUBLICAN and HAVE BEEN EVER SINCE!

And I WILL NEVER VOTE for a DEMOCRAP EVER AGAIN!!!

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Also see:
Boston Sunday Globe Censorship: Covering Up Cheney's Crimes

AmeriKan MSM Covering Up Cheney's Crimes

Among the many other things they cover up and conceal.

Instead we get this s***
:

"Report to Obama shows intelligence lapses persist; President briefed about missteps in jetliner case" by Philip Elliott and Calvin Woodward, Associated Press | January 1, 2010

HONOLULU - Top security officials briefed President Obama yesterday about missteps in the lead-up to the attempted Detroit jetliner bombing as lawmakers joined the White House in racing to find out what went wrong....

Related: BOMBSHELL: Evidence Clearly Indicates Staged Attack on Detroit Flight

Is the Detroit Nigerian "Terrorist" A Patsy?

The bumbling Nigerian “terrorist” who set his lap on fire on board an airliner in Detroit Christmas day will provide days or weeks of conveniently hysterical headlines, along with excuses to target West Africa and Yemen for extra special attention from the American military, and the usual host of justifications for existing US policies in what used to be called 'the war on terror'. But the similarities between his case, and that of incompetent “terrorists” in Fort Dix New Jersey, in Miami's Liberty City and elsewhere raise serious questions about the whole incident.

It sure as hell has!

Questions the AmeriKan MSM DOES NOT or WILL NOT answer!!

"The Underwear Bomber - Crushing Freedom With Phony Arab Terrorism

Strange as it may seem, a couple of weeks ago as I ruminated on Obama's broken promise to bring the troops home, his attempt to out-warmonger the Bush administration and his plummeting popularity, I thought to myself: "ya know, what that guy (or rather the disgruntled US public) needs is a good old fashioned 'Muslim terror attack'. Preferably one that includes a ranting 'terrorist' message about Afghanistan and 'slaughtering infidels'. That'll soon silence the rabble and get them behind Obama's Afghan surge!" And so it was that, as I sipped my eggnog on Christmas day, I was shockingly unsurprised to read the headlines about an 'underwear bomb' (as shown above).

Yeah, it is the SAME SCRIPT EACH and EVERY TIME and it has GOTTEN OLD!!

We will NEVER BE FOOLED AGAIN!!!

“We will be following the intelligence down the rabbit hole to see where the breakdown occurred and how to prevent this failure in the future,’’ said Senator Kit Bond of Missouri, top Republican on the committee. “Somebody screwed up big time.’’

PFFFFFFT!!

Few questioned that judgment, even if Obama’s fellow Democrats rendered it in more measured tones. “The Christmas Day incident revealed some serious failures in our nation’s system of security,’’ said Senator Dianne Feinstein of California, chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee.

Then the TYRANNY is a FAILURE, Di!

FLASHBACK:

"Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, said there should have been swift action after a prominent Nigerian alleged that his son was becoming radicalized. "It seems to me that when this happens, the person should go automatically on the no-fly list," she said. "I'd rather, in the interest of protecting people, overreact rather than underreact."

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Yeah, LET ME GIVE the TSA a call about a certain Dianne Feinstein, 'kay?

See how SHE LIKES a FALSE POSITIVE!!

Vacationing in Hawaii, Obama received an preliminary assessment ahead of meetings he will hold in Washington on Tuesday on fixing the failures of the nation’s anti-terrorism policy. Administration officials said the system to protect the nation’s skies from terrorists was deeply flawed and, even then, the government failed to follow its own directives.

Yeah, they didn't even use the tyranny they have in place, so what is the solution? More tyranny! Over a bunch of f***ing lies!

Obama spoke separately with counterterrorism adviser John Brennan and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, who announced she was dispatching senior department officials to international airports to review their security procedures.

Despite billions of dollars spent to sharpen America’s eye on dangerous malcontents abroad and at home, the creation of an intelligence-information overseer and countless declarations of intentions to cooperate, it was already clear that the country’s national security fiefdoms were still not operating in harmony before the attempted bombing on Christmas Day.

That's because the LITTLE PUKE was CIA and they are not in the habit of outing their agents to anyone.

The preliminary assessment is part of a continuing, urgent examination that officials said yesterday is highlighting signals that should not have been missed. One likely outcome, they said, was new requirements within the government to review a suspicious person’s visa status.

Are you SICK and TIRED of the BULLSHIT like me?

Officials are tracing a communications breakdown that would have had grave consequences except for the attacker’s fumbling failure to detonate an explosion and the quick response of others on the flight.

Yeah, whatever, MSM.

See:

Detroit flight hero says failed bombing mirrors his script

"Now this is REALLY starting to stink!!!!" -- Wake the Flock Up

CROTCH-BOMBER: Pants on Fire

What made me first doubt the story by its first referral was the absolute illogical plot, trying to explode an aircraft during its preparations for landing and not during the long flight across the Atlantic. Later, other circumstances were added. In an early statement of the rescuer, Jasper Schuringa – the passenger who leapt out of his seat on the other side of the plane and put out the fire, it is claimed, “He was shaking. He didn’t resist anything. It’s just hard to believe that he was trying to blow up this plane. He was in a trance. He was very afraid.”

Also see: MK Ultra

Operation Bluebird

More the MSM and Globe "missed."

Flight 253 passenger Kurt Haskell: 'I was visited by the FBI'

Please note that there is a very easy way to verify the veracity of my prior "sharp dressed man" account. Dutch police have admitted that they have reviewed the video of the "sharp dressed man" that I referenced. Note that it has not been released anywhere, You see, if my eye witness account is false, it could easily be proven by releasing the video. However, the proof of my eyewitness account would also be verified if I am telling the truth and I am. There is a reason we have only heard of the video and not seen it. dutch authorities, "RELEASE THE VIDEO!" This is the most important video in 8 years and may be all of two minutes long. Show the entire video and "DO NOT EDIT IT"! The American public deserves its own chance to attempt to identify the "sharp dressed man".

Flight 253 passenger Kurt Haskell: 'I was visited by the FBI'

"And the official story of the crotch bomber changes yet again." -- Wake the Flock Up

Second person was detained by U.S. Customs after alleged attack on Flight 253

Bill Carter, a spokesman with the FBI in Washington, D.C., said in an interview Tuesday that Abdulmutallab was the only person arrested or charged in relation to Friday's foiled attack.

The news about a person being taken into custody comes after two passengers aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 253 said they saw a second man being taken away in handcuffs on Christmas Day while they and others were waiting to be interviewed by FBI agents at the airport. Smith was unable to say whether that man was the person detained by customs officials.

"Shades of ...

1. The Girl in the Polka Dot Dress at the RFK assassination.

2. John Doe #2 at the OK City Bombing.

3. The extra shooters at Columbine.

4. etc. etc, etc." -- Wake the Flock Up

Officials Claim Second Man Unrelated To Christmas Attack

Having first denied the very existence of a possible accomplice in the Christmas Day bombing attempt, officials are now denying that a second man detained in the aftermath of the Flight 253 incident had anything to do with the attack, completely contradicting multiple eyewitness accounts. Authorities have attempted to downplay the significance of other men seen involved in the plot, including an Indian man that helped bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab board the plane, another man witnessed filming the entire flight including the bombing attempt, as well as an Indian man handcuffed by the FBI after sniffer dogs detected something suspicious in his luggage.

I think I'M SMELLING SOMETHING, too!

Now Obama, like George W. Bush before him, is struggling to get the nation’s disparate intelligence and security agencies on the same page.

That JUST ABOUT SUMS IT UP, doesn't it, America?

You are BEING FOOLED AGAIN by the MSM!!!

In the heat of hindsight, even Obama and some fellow Democrats are excoriating a system they thought was on the mend in the years after the 2001 terrorist attacks.

So WHEN is the NEXT FALSE FLAG ATTACK?!!

I mean, YOU GUYS KNOW because YOU ARE PLANNING IT so, c'mon, GIVE IT UP!

Democrats are joining a chorus led by Obama in declaring the government’s intelligence procedures in need of repair. Representative Jane Harman of California, who leads a House homeland security panel, said that when the government gets tipped to trouble as it did before a Nigerian man boarded a Detroit-bound jet with explosives, “someone’s hair should be on fire.’’

Yeah, as if SHE CARED about American security!

Related: Hiding Harman's Treason

Slow Saturday Special: Zionist Spies Set Free

Harman's Huff

The Democrats' Neo-Cons

Just ANOTHER ZIONIST TOOL with her fat ass in a congressional seat.

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Now normally I would have already gotten a Globe and started marking it with my red and black pens; however, with the snow still falling and it getting late, who would want to go out for a Boston Globe now?


Not me
:

"Crises interrupt, but don’t spoil Obama’s vacation; Senior advisers keep president current on matters" by Anne E. Kornblut, Washington Post | January 2, 2010

Oh, well, then all is well with the world.


Remember, readers, the
Washington Post is the CIA 's newspaper.

Yup, straight from the horse's mou..., well, try the other end because that is ALL THAT is coming out of the AmeriKan MSM today (with its two champeens being the New York Times and
Washington Post).

KAILUA, Hawaii - Before heading to a Wednesday luau, President Obama did something much more somber, his aides said: He called CIA director Leon Panetta to discuss the deaths of seven agency officers in a suicide attack in Afghanistan.

On Thursday morning, before taking his family to a private viewing of the movie “Avatar 3-D,’’ Obama called his counterterrorism and homeland security advisers for updates on an attempted airline attack a week earlier. And on New Year’s Eve, after more than five hours of golf, the president “cleared the decks’’ for work, aides said - sequestering himself for several hours to study some preliminary assessments of intelligence failures in the airline case.

Senior administration officials said that Obama at no point considered cutting short his trip to attend to matters on the mainland, and they could not deny that Obama still had plenty of fun despite the unexpected crises. He played golf and basketball, went snorkeling and to the gym, and ate at his favorite Honolulu restaurant. His wife and children went to the beach, and his entire family spent time with both a group of Chicago friends who traveled to Hawaii with them and local Oahu residents who have known Obama since childhood....

Well, when you KNOW that "terrorism" is all bullshit, it's pretty easy to stay relaxed.

Denis McDonough, the chief of staff on his National Security Council, who spent many hours with the president throughout the trip. But, McDonough said, Obama continually pressed for more information - and was often the one turning the subject back to national security. “He has a hunger for this stuff. He is always asking, what if we did this? What’s the latest? What more can we be doing?’’ he said.

It may be too soon to tell whether Obama did any lasting damage by staying out of sight early on in the trip as Republicans have claimed - or whether the White House acted in a timely manner to shift perceptions of his active role....

Senior White House officials, resigned to the fact that their own semi-vacations had been ruined, began treating the trip as if it were no different from an extended foreign or domestic swing.

Incredible!

The country is in a deep freeze, economic chaos, bleeding red ink, and engaged in an empire of occupation over lies and yet these elitists working for the executive are only worried about their "ruined" vacations!

Then TAKE A PERMANENT ONE, a**holes!!!!!!!

In the end, it may have helped that Obama was not the only political celebrity in Hawaii over the holidays: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi vacationed on the Big Island of Hawaii. Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh stayed a short distance from the Obamas on Oahu before being taken to the hospital with chests pains on Wednesday night. President Obama is expected to return to Washington on Monday.

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That is reporting in 21st-century AmeriKa?

Yeah, I won't be running out for a Globe today.