Epstein Secrets

list, we have included only individuals with a reasonably clear party affiliation, regardless of the authority their office gives them (sorry Gen. Petraeus) -- and, of course, many of those with extraordinary influence aren't in government at all. Here, then, is the FP 50, Democrat edition -- the behin

esitated to publicly criticize spy agencies at home or abroad, admonishing Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence for apparently failing to detect bin Laden's compound or calling U.S. intelligence on the Arab Spring "way behind our times." 30. James Miller At the beginning of this year, Jim Miller was n

e on the same side here, trying to make the country safe." At the center of the debate was Obama's newly appointed CIA chief, Gen. David Petraeus. Petraeus sided with the White House, recognizing the need to strike a balance between maintaining a strong relationship with Pakistan and aggressively pursu

bout drone strikes that have successfully taken out enemy combatants in the War on Terror. The RQ- 170 Sentinel was deployed in the raid that killed bin Laden, and U.S. officials boast of eliminating two more of Al Qaeda's top operatives in Pakistan in recent months. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has cal

uring the awkward play-on-words "General Betray Us." George W. Bush himself pilloried MoveOn and the Senate voted to condemn the ad while lionizing Petraeus (a love affair that came to an end last year). With the IRS and AP stories, any cursory glimpse at the news will prove that Democrats -- even libera

AP as part of a leak investigation into an article about a CIA operation that took place in Yemen to thwart a terrorist attack on the anniversary of Bin Laden's death. Well, this story pales in comparison with the Bush administration's inquisition against the reporters who broke the story about the NSA wiret

went against the Pentagon and the opinions of former generals like David Petraeus and Joseph Dunford." Blinken said, "I have great respect for Gen. Petraeus, Gen. Dunford, and others, but we had a very deliberate and fully informed process leading up to the decision by the President." The Washington Pos

out when we went into Afghanistan in the first place, which was to get the people who attacked us on 9/11. We have degraded Al Qaeda, we have killed Bin Laden. In fact, we killed Bin Laden a decade ago." On Fox News Sunday (4/18, 976K), Sullivan said, "The terrorist threat has changed dramatically since w

went against the Pentagon and the opinions of former generals like David Petraeus and Joseph Dunford." Blinken said, "I have great respect for Gen. Petraeus, Gen. Dunford, and others, but we had a very deliberate and fully informed process leading up to the decision by the President." The Washington Pos

out when we went into Afghanistan in the first place, which was to get the people who attacked us on 9/11. We have degraded Al Qaeda, we have killed Bin Laden. In fact, we killed Bin Laden a decade ago." On Fox News SundayVi (4/18, 976K), Sullivan said, "The terrorist threat has changed dramatically since

mander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan and soon-to-be CIA director. Everyone knows his position likens to Gates'. But just maybe, Obama and Petraeus have agreed that the general will say his piece in full only in the privacy of the Oval Office. If he would talk publicly only of options, that wou

2 months. Tellingly, Obama already gave public voice to their rationale. "We will begin a transition this summer," he said a week ago. "By killing bin Laden, by blunting the momentum of the Taliban, we have now accomplished a lot of what we set out to accomplish 10 years ago." In other words, most of th

the key decisions that led to success--a surge of troops and the appointment of Gen. David Petraeus to oversee the strategy--predated his arrival. Petraeus says Gates knew that his real contribution was to buy time in Washington for the strategy to succeed. "'Your battle space is Iraq. My battle space

gun-shy about using ground troops to kill Osama bin Laden, arguing that Obama should opt for an airstrike

gence workers found guilty of passing classified information to journalists is the extraordinary case of the ex- CIA director General David Petraeus. Petraeus had given classified information from his personal notebooks to his mistress and biographer, Paula Broadwell. Although none of this information appea

organi- zations, after the tracking down of Osama bin Laden in 2011, had become fully aware of the vulnerabil

Jon Huntsman said in last week's GOP presidential debate, echoing President Obama's words in June, when he announced a faster troop withdrawal than Petraeus recommended. "Our core is broken. We are weak," Huntsman went on, sounding a lot like George McGovern in 1972. "I say we've got to bring those EFT

Qaeda is out of business because they lost Osama bin Laden. Not by a long shot." The second hard truth is t