Comments on: Wonderful: Two Flight 253 plotters were released from Gitmo in 2007

By: Conservative Viewpoint Blog » U.S. officials: No more Gitmo transfers to Yemen for foreseeable future

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:33:35 +0000

[...] on Flight 253 drops off the media’s radar, at which point it’ll be time for a new round of Crayola therapy. You’ll be pleased to know that the six detainees whom McCain and Graham wrote to Obama about [...]

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » CIA thought suicide bomber who infiltrated Afghan base was … “reformed”

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:04:03 +0000

[...] security breaches at the end of the year. Both plots involved a jihadi who’d supposedly been “reformed.” Emphasis on “supposedly.” According to Western intelligence officials, the perpetrator [...]

By: ZOMBIE CONTENTIONS - Where I refrain from waving the bloody shirt on the Qazali release…

Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:56:04 +0000

[...] Hayward brings in Janet Napolitano’s performance as Homeland Security Secretary in relation to the foiled Christmas Day Flight 253 bombing, as well as the simmering issue of Navy SEALs charged with abusing an Iraqi captive. Fellow conservatives follow a similar pattern attempting to connect Qazali to issues that are only indirectly related, at best: Andy McCarthy also hits the Christmas Day attack, and expresses “astonish[ment]” that he’d be observing a capitulation to Iranian-backed terrorists even while “Iranian tyrants are brutally suppressing a revolt by the Iranian people.” In a post entitled “No Conceivable Justification for This One,” Jennifer Rubin asks for Democrats to join Republicans “call[ing] foul on the entire Obama approach to terror.” Allahpundit refers to the apparent exchange as “unreal” and “mind-bendingly insane”: Linking to an item on former Gitmo detainees who may have had something to do with Fight 253, he asks, “How many jihadis do we have to release before someone figures out that releasing jihadis is an exceedingly bad idea?” [...]

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Unreal: U.S. trades top Iranian-backed Iraqi terrorist for British hostage

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:33:54 +0000

[...] In a new piece out today, the Guardian quotes a former Revolutionary Guardsman as saying that Moore’s kidnapping was masterminded by Iran and that he’s been held in Quds Force prisons inside the country ever since. Which brings us to the two obvious questions. One: If we did release Khazali at the Iraqi government’s behest, why on earth would Maliki et al. want a turd like this on the loose? A Shiite government shouldn’t need a Shiite terrorist released in the interests of “reconciliation.” They can do plenty of other political favors for their sect. Either Iran has more leverage over Baghdad than we thought (even at a moment when the regime in Tehran is under fire at home) or the Iraqi government is hoping to coopt Khazali and his connections towards god knows what end. And two: Security agreement or no security agreement, why is The One agreeing to spring a guy whom we know is guilty of murdering American soldiers? He’s a clear threat to troops in the field, and not just in Karbala: Tapper cites documents recovered during his capture that point to his responsibility for upwards of 20 attacks in various cities. Surely the Iraqis aren’t about to kick us out of the country if we politely decline their request to parole a terrorist mastermind. How many jihadis do we have to release before someone figures out that releasing jihadis is an exceedingly bad idea? [...]

By: Catch & Release Policy FLAWED « Defend John Hatley

Catch & Release Policy FLAWED « Defend John Hatley — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:07:42 +0000

[...] plot to blow up a Northwest Airlines flight 253 over Detroit were released by the U.S. from the Guantanamo prison in November, 2007, according to American officials and Department of Defense documents. Not only that, but American [...]

By: Obama Administration Sending More GITMO Detainees to Yemen (Update: Too Late) « Annoy the Left (by being right)

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:01:21 +0000

[...] to know that the six detainees whom McCain and Graham wrote to Obama about yesterday were actually returned to Yemen two weeks ago, right around the same time that the military was preparing the December 17 airstrike [...]

By: federale86

federale86 — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:21:16 +0000

Thanks Jorge “Amnesty” Bush.

By: Wednesday’s Reading Room « scottwilder.com

Wednesday’s Reading Room « scottwilder.com — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:58:05 +0000

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By: The Angry White Guy » Blog Archive » Urkle Obama’s remarks on Flight 253 with my commentary

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:07:20 +0000

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By: Sam Adams

Sam Adams — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:43:14 +0000

/sarc

By: Sam Adams

Sam Adams — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:42:47 +0000

I KNEW it was Bush’s fault!

By: Blacksmith8

Blacksmith8 — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:30:01 +0000

You people on here just don't understand the bigger picture. You keep trying to unravel Barry, no wait Barack, oopsie sorry Mr. Precedent, anywho.. If you would just stop prying into his transcripts, travel documents, BIRTH CERTIFICATE, you could take a breath and see the smart power and sharp pant leg creases. Then we could all get along. /sarc

By: Cybergeezer

Cybergeezer — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:20:36 +0000

OBAMA IS A TRAITOR AND SHOULD BE BROUGHT UP ON CHARGES OF TREASON.

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » U.S. intel: Jihadi cleric linked to Fort Hood attack blessed Flight 253 plot

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:45:14 +0000

[...] This makes three people connected with the plot whom we once had in our grasp and let go: The two turds I wrote about yesterday who were sprung from Gitmo and now Aulaqi, who was in the U.S. after 9/11, [...]

By: drdilostues

drdilostues — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:53:08 +0000

We've managed to get our hands on examples of the works produced during their art therapy sessions: http://drdilostues.blogspot.com/2009/12/flight-253-plotters-had-been-released.html

By: eeyore

eeyore — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:05:36 +0000

Exit question: What’s plan B?

More money for art therapy. We can make this work!!!

By: Tom_OC

Tom_OC — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:55:22 +0000

ted c on December 29, 2009 at 10:00 AM

Well done, sir.

By: marklmail

marklmail — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:16:34 +0000

Send this freak to guantanamo for a good waterboarding. Keep up that golf game, Barry.

By: atheling

atheling — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:07:24 +0000

Your thoughts have repercussions.

portlandon on December 28, 2009 at 6:47 PM

Yeah, but ass wipes like Grow Fins do not possess any “thoughts”. They are programmed.

By: AnninCA

AnninCA — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:26:59 +0000

I think the reality is that everyone knows that the HS and TSA system is deeply flawed, wasteful, irritating, and incompetent.

That belongs to both Bush and the current administration. Letting the prisoners go was, of course, going to lead to this. The alternative was, I presume, holding people indefinitely, which seems equally problematic. Bush and Obama both chose the other route.

Both will have their critics.

Personally, I am more appalled that they cannot coordinate watch lists and no-fly lists and that Gibbs actually said, “Well, there’s 500,000 on the lists, remember,” implying that someone would manually be looking through names.

Government incompetence is unacceptable anymore. Either figure out how to run a basic database program or step down.

By: ted c

ted c — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:00:27 +0000

What’s plan B?

ask and ye shall receive… found it here>> http://www.prh.noaa.gov/hnl/pages/SRF.php

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700 PM HST MON DEC 28 2009

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Surf along north facing shores will be 10 to 15 feet through Tuesday.

Surf along west facing shores will be 7 to 10 feet through Tuesday.

Surf along east facing shores will be 2 to 4 feet through Tuesday.

Surf along south facing shores will be 2 to 4 feet through Tuesday.

Outlook through Sunday Jan 3: the current northwest swell will subside briefly Tuesday night. A new northwest swell will arrive Wednesday, bringing surf above advisory levels for north and west facing shores Wednesday night and Thursday. Another northwest swell will arrive Saturday, and peak Saturday night below advisory levels. The current out of season south swell will continue through Thursday before diminishing.

Surf heights are forecast heights of the face or front of waves. The surf forecast is based on the significant wave height, the average height of the one third largest waves, in the zone of maximum refraction. Some waves may be more than twice as high as the significant wave height. Expect to encounter rip currents in or near any surf zone.

By: Jules Crittenden » What We Are Dealing With

Jules Crittenden » What We Are Dealing With — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:43:04 +0000

[...] from a security standpoint, wonders out loud whether the ACLU is to blame, and also notes the other fallout … two suspected AQ plotters were released from Gitmo in 2007. Interesting. What was that Obama [...]

By: James

James — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:50:03 +0000

No. Blame ACLU and the liberal bleeding hearts that took the case to the Supreme Court and removed power from the military and the executives to prosecute a war against this enemy.

BLAME them. Actually don’t blame them. Tar them with it.

By: fleiter

fleiter — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:18:16 +0000

Kill them all.

Wyatt Earp

Words to live by.

By: BizzyBlog

BizzyBlog — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:07:12 +0000

[...] this is Bush’s fault, and to this extent, as explained by Hot Air commenter “Nozzie”: …. He (Bush) brought a complete stop to the kind of nonsense we saw this weekend…His [...]