Obama adviser: No 'smoking gun' in bombing plot - Washington Times

Obama adviser: No 'smoking gun' in bombing plot - Washington Times

I've never thought that John Brennan was not fully competent in his position until now. The one absolute fact in intelligence work, be it for drugs or terrorism, is that the chances of being handed a piece of intelligence that is what he described as a "smoking gun" is about the same as winning the Mega Lotto. That's a chance of about 1 in 175,000,000. Now several people win that prize every year but that doesn't mean that it is easy to do. Intelligence is less having the eureka moment and finding the smoking gun than it is about diligently and thoroughly gathering all available information, assessing it and ensuring that it is disseminated to those who have need of it. That is the problem with this intelligence failure. The laissez faire attitude of the current administration with its' "man-made disaster syndrome" has quickly and clearly infected all levels of the executive branch to include the intelligence services. I mean, if the President and his advisors don't seem concerned about terrorism and a war on terrorism then why should the rank-and-file?

Don't get me wrong, we have excellent career intelligence people that work diligently to protect us daily. But when the top echelon is purposely decreasing the emphasis from a war-footing to a law enforcement problem then things just don't get passed as quickly. War is something that carries with it the urgency needed for protection and survival of the nation. Law enforcement, while important, can wait until tomorrow morning because we have to wait until they commit the crime before we can act. (That's except for DEA, of course, which has an excellent legacy of pro-active law enforcement.)

So in my book, John Brennan has shown himself to be just another political hack that is covering for his boss.

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