ABC Highlights Panetta Charge That Cheney Wants More Terror Attacks


On World News Sunday, ABC News anchor David Muir read a brief story relaying to viewers an attack on former Vice President Cheney by CIA Director Leon Panetta which appeared in the New Yorker magazine. In the interview, Panetta suggested that Cheney may desire to see terrorists hit America again for his own benefit. Muir recounted:

And there were some other tough words tonight in Washington from CIA Director Leon Panetta about former Vice President Cheney. Cheney has repeatedly, of course, criticized the Obama administration's approach to terrorism, saying he is endangering America. Leon Panetta told the New Yorker magazine, "It's almost as if he’s wishing this country would be attacked again in order to make his point."


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  No actually it's the

No actually it's the opposite. Cheney fears more terrorist attacks due to this administrations soft stance reguarding our enemies and is choosing to speak out about it.

It's amazing what lenghs this administration will go to with the help of the state run media to spin things.

I may be reaching here, but I'm wondering if this is being used to divert attention away from the very real likelihood that Iran and the Hezzbol's will probably try and start a conflageration somewhere to divert attention away from the turmoil taking place over there right now over the election.

Not to mention the Nork's threatening nuclear war.

I question the timing.

 

 

"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "

- Ben Kenobi on  Liberals, and the MSM.

" The Cake is a lie."   

If or when a few hundred,

If or when a few hundred, thousand, whatever Americans are murdered again, we'll have Phil Donahue and others running their mouths like the last time.  I don't think the next time around Americans will be quite as upset against the actual terrorists as those over here who set up the environment for it to happen again.

That's what Panetta and the rest of them have to be concerned about.  Dick Cheney won't make the average American's mental radar since he's no longer VP, and most don't really know who the hell he is/was anyway.

One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 61% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory (yep...approval for Congress now at 39%...do you believe that!?).

I was reading this nonsense

I was reading this nonsense earlier.  This will now be repeated over and over by liberals.  Watch for it.  Chris Matthews will have this as a topic on Harball, is my guess.  Olbermann may vomit out a 7 minute commentary on it.  When we talk with liberals, with whom we interact with daily, about the issue, he/she is going to use this line.  I expect it, and I welcome it.

Mr. Panetta, it wasn't

Mr. Panetta, it wasn't Cheney, or any Republican, for that matter, who said you "never want to let a crisis go to waste."

So who do you think would be more likely to want another attack, for the purpose of gaining more power?

They will sweep us up into the White House with powers that will make Martial Law seem like anarchy. -from "The Manchurian Candidate"

I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows.  -Bart Simpson

 

motherbelt,

"So who do you think would be more likely to want another attack, for the purpose of gaining more power?"

Bingo.

-Dave

Obama's health care "reform" plan is to blow up the building in order to fix a leak in the roof-Herman Cain

Nothing from this administration is spontaneous.

It is part of a media coordinated smear campaign.

Panetta is deliberately targetting Cheney in an attempt to demonize him before he has a chance for him to criticize Obama again.  Attacking the messenger while ignoring the substance of the charge is Aulinsky 101.  Obama is completely getting pushed around by Iran and N.Korea and they would prefer it if no one talked about it.  Panetta's charge is absurd and it shows that even the CIA will be used politicly.

Where is the shame?

 

Hey Janet Napolitano...I'm proud to be a Right-winger.

I saw this early this

I saw this early this morning from Panetta...and this is what our CIA director is suppose to be putting out there?

I was infuriated, disgusted.

This administration are the enemies within...and I don't care how that sounds, it is the truth.

Btw...I cannot wait to hear Liz will have to say about this.

Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart

My sentiments exactly...........

Where is the rage over the director of the CIA, the DIRECTOR of the CIA mind you, accusing an ex-vice president who has spent his whole life serving this country with honor and dedication of "hoping we will be attacked?" This on it's face is outrageous, but it is characteristic of this administration and democrat socialist political party to spew their verbage this way. The MSM? Will amplify then ignore. Sadly, the decorum that the previous administration bought back to the executive office has been thrown out with the bath water.

"It's almost as if he’s

"It's almost as if he’s wishing this country would be attacked again in order to make his point."

 

Cheney could wish as hard as he can against it, but it won't change the fact that thanks to this gutless administration we will be attacked. So I guess from now on whenever we're attacked it's because Cheney willed it upon us. So that's their defense.

These people are even more pathetic than anyone gives them credit for.

 

 

 "You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "

- Ben Kenobi on  Liberals, and the MSM.

" The Cake is a lie."   

Right Blaze... ...and

Right Blaze...

...and they've been gradually using this line of attack for months now, just in case, but to use Panetta now, and he gladly doing so, is beneath contempt in my eyes.

Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart

Well Leon...duh??

Instead of attacking Dick Cheney, Leon Panetta, should be concentrating on attacking our enemies.  Oh wait first they have to learn how to give Miranda rights.

I have one question for you Mr. Panetta.  Since those memos were released how many senior agents and analysts have resigned and/or taken early retirement?  The last I heard it was fast approaching 4 digits.  Thank you Mr. Panetta for making us less safe.

Jack

"If at age 20 you are a conservative then you have no heart.  If at age 30 you are a liberal then you have no brains."   Sir Winston Churchill

The last time we were attacked...

we  pulled together as a nation like never before. George Bush had a 90 percent approval rating and we were truly united.

God help us if we are attacked again. The finger pointing from both sides will be relentless with much talk of sessesion. 

 

He had my vote

I bet now is the time that

I bet now is the time that OBL is in overdrive looking for a way.... any attack that causes any terror, would be enough to cement that wedge between the two sides.

"I believe in American Exceptionalism, just like Brits believe in British Exceptionalism and Greeks believe in Greek Exceptionalism." - PreBO, 4/4/09

God help us if we are

God help us if we are attacked again. The finger pointing from both sides will be relentless with much talk of sessesion.

Especially if the north is rendered uninhabitable.

Cheney now needs

to make them eat their own words, I just wish he was able to speak his mind like this while he was the active VP.

 

I think he needs to take old Leon on a hunting trip...

 

 

 there is no spoon...

 

hunting

Personally, I'd rather go hunting with Dick than go for a ride with Ted.

 

 

Life is too short to be serious

spm... I just wished in

spm...

I just wished in 2012 it would be Cheney/Cheney.

Talk about frosting the msm's flakes....big time.

They both speak their mind to the msm, and they cannot hanlde their quick wit, let alone the truth, and have a hell of a time with trying to spin their words to-boot.

Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart

Now when he bungles it and

Now when he bungles it and the next attack happens, he can blame Cheney for his "right wing commentary." Sounds like the perfect scapegoat to me.... treason(by conservatives) is still punishable by death, right?

"I believe in American Exceptionalism, just like Brits believe in British Exceptionalism and Greeks believe in Greek Exceptionalism." - PreBO, 4/4/09

Will Pelosi defend Cheney?

Maybe Nancy Pelosi will come out and defend Cheney. After all, didn't she say the CIA can't be trusted to tell the truth?

metaphorsbwithu

thats right the cia are

thats right the cia are liars, queen nancy says it's so.

where has she been lately anyway, haven't seen her dear in the headlights look for a while now, must be hiding from the cia LOL

It is almost as if Panetta

It is almost as if Panetta were a lying slimebag.  Wait . . . deletethe almost.

Irrational Panetta

Were Cheney really hoping for an attack, why the warning?  HE'S TRYING TO AVOID ANOTHER ATTACK AND HIS WARNING IS TO BO IN HOPING THAT HE CARES ENOUGH TO PRVENT THE NEXT ONE.  Pathetic Panetta!

It's almost as if Panetta

It's almost as if Panetta is hoping for this country to be attacked again (and soon) in order to try to blame it on Cheney.  This way he can attempt to paper over the fact that he is nothing more than an incompetent, unqualified political hack who has no more business running the CIA than Paris Hilton does.

"I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered."  -George Best

HMMMMMMMMM

 

 Sounds more like the lefties want more terroisim to me. They are the ones asking for the photos to be released and outing the CIA's interogation policies.

 

 Not Dick. 

Panetta is a fool.

jessieH          How can Panetta stand there & say this? He is an idiot. Hey Panetta, how about doing your job, & leave the back stabbing to the professionals. That's the MSMs job. Why not investigate congress for corruption? Why not investigate Obama for giving his oath of office to uphold the Constitution, and then trying to destroy it? Where is the investigation into Barney Frank? Oh, I forgot. You are an Obama "leg humper".........You are as corrupt as the rest.

When you put a hack in charge of the CIA...

I guess when the President chooses a political hack with no background in the field to run the CIA, this is the kind of idiocy we can expect.

I hope there's never another terrorist attack on this country, but I especially hope it doesn't happen as long as this bunch of morons is in charge.  But their weakness and incompetence is like an engraved invitation to Al-Qaeda and their ilk. 

When you put the clowns in charge, don't be surprised when a circus breaks out.