British Embarrass Administration On Bomb Attempt

[Kathianne]

This administration has strived to distance the US from traditional allies, especially Britain, seems they are now returning the favor:

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archive.../01/025312.php

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Share Post PrintJanuary 4, 2010 Posted by John at 9:11 PM
The Obama administration has gone out of its way to poison relationships with traditional allies with Great Britain, and it seems that the favor is now being returned, as the Prime Minister's office has disclosed publicly that British intelligence, MI5, warned the US about Umar Abdulmutallab. The Telegraph reports:

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was named in a file of people based in Britain who had made contact with radical Muslim preachers. The file was sent to the US authorities in 2008.

The disclosure will embarrass President Barack Obama, who is already under pressure after failures by US intelligence to identify the bomber. ...

It is extremely unusual for the Prime Minister's office to comment on intelligence matters. The move could be seen as an attempt to rebuff criticism from senior American figures who claimed that Britain had nurtured Islamic extremism.

At first it was thought that MI5 gathered only limited information on Abdulmutallab and had therefore not alerted the US.

However, in an official briefing, the Prime Minister's spokesman said that British intelligence was shared with the Americans. He said: "Clearly there was security information about this individual's activities and that was information that was shared with the US authorities. That is the key point." ...

The decision by Downing Street to give details of the shared intelligence was unlikely to be welcomed by the White House. It was the latest in a series of incidents, which have strained relations between Britain and America.

[CSM]

This administration has strived to distance the US from traditional allies, especially Britain, seems they are now returning the favor:

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archive.../01/025312.php

Hmmm. Seems like Obama's plan to make our enemies our friends and our friends our enemies is working to perfection.

[Kathianne]

Hmmm. Seems like Obama's plan to make our enemies our friends and our friends our enemies is working to perfection.

Indeed. All his 'speaking nice' of our enemies and dissing our allies has won him the honor of presiding over more than 1/3 the terror attempts in the US since 9/11. Two of which succeeded to a degree, Ft. Hood and the recruiter office. Great productivity rate.

[CSM]

To be fair, his campaign for presidency encompassed damn little about the security of this nation. After all, the only nation he could see from his back porch was Canada and we all know Canada is a threat only to themselves.

[Kathianne]

To be fair, his campaign for presidency encompassed damn little about the security of this nation. After all, the only nation he could see from his back porch was Canada and we all know Canada is a threat only to themselves.

Well in fairness to Canada, they weren't alone, he saw much wrong with America, well until he was elected. HE was what WE were waiting for, he said so.