Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Do Liberals Have Security Tourette Syndrome?

Tourette syndrome (TS) is a neurological disorder characterized by repetitive, stereotyped, involuntary movements and vocalizations called tics. The disorder is named for Dr. Georges Gilles de la Tourette, the pioneering French neurologist who in 1885 first described the condition in an 86-year-old French noblewoman. ...Tics are classified as either simple or complex. ...Perhaps the most dramatic and disabling tics include motor movements that result in self-harm such as punching oneself in the face or vocal tics including coprolalia (uttering socially inappropriate words such as swearing). - National Institutes of Health

When it comes to operational security, I can't help but wonder if  liberals have a form of Tourette Syndrome. I am reminded again of the damage liberal Democrats have done by today's newspaper reports that the Pakistani doctor who help the US locate Osama bin Laden was sentenced to 33 years in prison for helping the CIA. You may remember that it was the Obama administration's public "end zone dance and locker room interviews" that helped identify Dr. Shakil Afridi. Liberals need to learn to keep information regarding methods and sources to themselves. If you recall, shortly after the Bin Laden raid, 25 members of SEAL Team Six were killed when their helo was shot down during a similar mission. The bad guys DO learn from our "loose lips." 

Other liberal security "give aways" were the NSA's warrantless intercepts of phone calls to known terrorist, our ability to track terrorist cellphone calls, and revealing that if Israel is going to attack Iranian nuclear sites, it would have to happen in the next couple of months. All of these incidents resulted in grave damage to our ability to combat terrorism.

Then there was the recent revelation by a high-level US intelligence official (read intel agency or Obama administration official) of the double agent that penetrated al Qaeda and helped thwart the latest underwear bombing attempt. Forgetting for a moment that the credit grab by the US was entirely un-deserved, it completely compromised the agent, placed his family in danger, revealed critical information about our counter-terrorism capabilities and made the possibility of future cooperation by foreign agents and governments unlikely. Who would trust us?  

So liberals need to seek professional help for their Tourettes. In the meantime, I wish their TS would manifest itself in "self-harm such as punching oneself in the face..." rather than vocalizing national secrets that harm our security.

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