Politics is part of national security

Published Feb. 17, 2010 at 2:59 a.m.
"Politics should never get in the way of national security," wrote John Brennan, the White House's shockingly political deputy national security adviser. His USA Today Op-Ed article last week set off a firestorm inside the Beltway by essentially accusing critics of administration policy of deliberately lying -- "misrepresenting the facts to score political points, instead of coming together to keep us safe" -- and aiding and abetting al-Qaida: "Politically motivated criticism and unfounded fear-mongering only serve the goals of al-Qaida."


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