Epstein Secrets

sque parody of a trial. The government's lawyer, Douglas Letter, repeatedly invoked the privilege of state

ange. "We all are 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 aggressi

he audit. Also the head of the IRS, Commissioner Douglas Shulman at the time was a both a Republican and a

y do." Maher's show at the time, Politically Incorrect, was cancelled shortly thereafter. Years later, Moveon.org criticized conservative superhero David Petraeus with a full-page ad featuring the awkward play-on-words "General Betray Us." George W. Bush himself pilloried MoveOn and the Senate voted to condemn

for International Studies, and Ariel Cohen, Ph.D., is Senior Research Fellow in Russian and Eurasian Studies and International Energy Policy in the Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies, a division of the Davis Institute, at The Heritage Foundation. EFTA_R1_02029345 EFTA02689720

o neutralize. It reinforces mounting criticism that Obama is "abandoning" Afghanistan, a false and nasty charge. One lion has yet to roar: General David Petraeus, commander 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

e city's top real estate investment-sale brokers, Douglas Harmon of Eastdil, Tuesday afternoon, before she

oad." As for planning, the report emphasized the impor- tance of helping the civilian popula- tion — the strategy finally adopted last year by Gen. David Petraeus. Of course, lack of planning by the White House and Pentagon was evident both before and after the 2005 Rand report — evident to everybody but t