The danger of the Pauline Kael Syndrome
Charles Murray argues that the Obama administration is making missteps because they misunderstand what got them elected:
"When it comes to political analysis, I’m no Barone or Bowman orOrnstein, but this is not a really tough call. Attempts to put men ontrial who obtained information that most Americans will believe(probably rightly) saved the nation from more terrorist attacks will bea political catastrophe, all the more so because I bet that thedefendants will come across as straight-arrow good guys (and probablyare), while the prosecutors come across as self-righteous wimps (and…).How could the White House not have thought this through?"
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Peter Schramm comments here:
"A ’profanity-laced screaming match’ at the White House involving CIA Director Leon Panetta, and the expected release today of another damning internal investigation, has administration officials worrying about the direction of its newly-appoint intelligence team, current and former senior intelligence officials tell ABC News.com."
Thanks, David.
"When it comes to political analysis, I’m no Barone or Bowman orOrnstein, but this is not a really tough call. Attempts to put men ontrial who obtained information that most Americans will believe(probably rightly) saved the nation from more terrorist attacks will bea political catastrophe, all the more so because I bet that thedefendants will come across as straight-arrow good guys (and probablyare), while the prosecutors come across as self-righteous wimps (and…).How could the White House not have thought this through?"
Read the rest here.
Related story here.
Peter Schramm comments here:
"A ’profanity-laced screaming match’ at the White House involving CIA Director Leon Panetta, and the expected release today of another damning internal investigation, has administration officials worrying about the direction of its newly-appoint intelligence team, current and former senior intelligence officials tell ABC News.com."
Thanks, David.



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