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WASHINGTON -- President-elect Barack Obama is unlikely to radically overhaul controversial Bush administration intelligence policies, advisers say, an approach that is almost certain to create tension within the Democratic Party.

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    pc251 year, 1 month ago

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    FTA

    Mr. Obama is being advised largely by a group of intelligence professionals, including some who have supported Republicans, and centrist former officials in the Clinton administration. They say he is likely to fill key intelligence posts with pragmatists.

    "He's going to take a very centrist approach to these issues," said Roger Cressey, a former counterterrorism official in the Clinton and Bush administrations. "Whenever an administration swings too far on the spectrum left or right, we end up getting ourselves in big trouble."

    The infighting over this in the Democratic Party will heat up soon. It is a different story when you finally see the intelligence reports and are now responsible for a nation of 300 million people. The reality that he is the President, and the facts of the intelligence threat estimates will trump the rhetoric of campaign fiction every time. Just the first of many lessons that Obama and all the people who believed his fairy tale and voted for him will soon come to realize.

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    Klarissa1 year, 1 month ago

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    Civil-liberties and human-rights advocates, who helped Mr. Obama win election, are seeking both a reversal of Bush administration policies and expanded investigations into possible illegal actions when the administration sought to track down terrorists after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

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    slate1 year, 1 month ago

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    Interesting. Can Obama be just another politician and not deliver on promises made to get elected?

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    pc251 year, 1 month ago

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    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/us_elections_2...

    Obama quashes Iran's hopes for change

    But Mr Obama made it clear that he will not be a soft touch when it comes to Tehran.

    "Iran's development of a nuclear weapon I believe is unacceptable. We have to mount an international effort to prevent that from happening," he said.

    "Iran's support of terrorist organisations, I think, is something that has to cease."

    The Speaker of the Iranian parliament, Ali Larijani - who has been sharply at odds with President Ahmadinejad over parliament's impeachment last week of the latter's interior minister - described Mr Obama's comments as a step in the wrong direction.

    "It signals a continuation of the erroneous policies of the past," he said. "Change has to be strategic, not just cosmetic."

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    nostalgia1 year, 1 month ago

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    I think we need some music to accompany every campaign promise that gets broken

    I suggest the following:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNQRfBAzSzo

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    RedRiverJ1 year, 1 month ago

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    FTA-The Obama team plans to review secret and public executive orders and recent Justice Department guidelines that eased restrictions on domestic intelligence collection.

    I hope he can keep those secrets better than he kept what he and PRESIDENT BUSH discussed at the white house today.

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    nos20011 year, 1 month ago

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    I JUST DON'T GET IT......WHY DO LIBERALS HATE OUR COUNTRY? I ASK THIS BECAUSE MOST EVERYTHING THEY SUPPORT HELPS OUR ENEMYS. THEY ARE AGAINST WHAT IS GOOD FOR THE COUNTRY AND FOR WHATEVER IS BAD. WE NOW HAVE A MARXIST PRESIDENT-AMERICA--WE ARE IN DEEP DOO DOO.

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    stephen-johnson1 year, 1 month ago

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    Obama will use trials of the soon to be released detainees at Gitmo as a sop to placate his radical base. But radical Democrats have a history of eating their own. It was as true in 1968 as it is in 2008.

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    Natureboy1 year, 1 month ago

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    So I guess it's "status quo you can believe in."

    Really, no surprise to those who scrutinized Obama's voting record. He is every bit the Republicrat, despite the liberal rhetoric.

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    jpc2891 year, 1 month ago

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    Another BROKEN campaign PROMISE indeed! That becomes at least the FIFTH campaign PROMISE Obama has BROKEN! Here are the first FOUR:

    1. During a Democratic primary stump speech Obama PROMISED he would end the war in Iraq by the end of 2009.
    2. Obama PROMISED he would not engage in negative campaigning.
    3. Obama PROMISED he would accept FEC funding for the general election.
    4. Obama PROMISED to debate McCain anytime and anywhere.

    Obama lied and bought his way into being president-elect.

    America's only hope now is that one/more of the Judges in the several Civil Suits seeking to force Obama to prove he is in fact a natural born U.S. Citizen will do the right thing -- order Obama to profer the vault copy of his Hawaiian "Birth Certificate" to the Court prior to the Electoral College confirming him as POTUS-elect and if Obama fails to do that declare/rule him ineligible to be POTUS.

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    cleare1 year, 1 month ago

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    first, the word "pledge". i don't believe i ever heard obama pledge anything during the campaign. his promises were generic.

    anyone with any sense knows that what a candidate says during a campaign has to be taken with a grain of salt. once in office, it's a whole different playing field.

    and as for the intelligence policy, we'll just have to wait and see what obama does when the time comes. it is fun to speculate, but that's all we (and the WSJ) are doing.

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    pboccuti1 year, 1 month ago

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    There is so much talk about broken promises for a President-Elect who has not even been sworn in as of yet. No one dare mentions all of the promises broken by our current President. We will get Bin Laden. Does anyone remember that?

    Now back to Barack Obama and the Democratic Party. I hope there would be infighting among them. It shows that they do not just fall in line with the Party, like Republicans do.

    We do need to hold talks with countries like Iran and North Korea. If we don't talk with them then how do we know what they want, if they are serious or just sabre rattling. You see, we can't just shut out entire countries because they said something we dislike.

    As for Israel, the West's greatest ally in the Middle East. Funny how that works, we (U.S.A and Britain) just create a country in the middle of Palestine, "kick out" the native Palestinians and wonder why "they" (Muslims) hate us. We are supporting a nation that should not exist as physical state, and that is according to the Torah, the Jewish Holy Book.

    Psycho you are abosolutely right about PC25.

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    4thchance1 year, 1 month ago

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    I wonder if Obama can say (BACK PEDDLING, FLIP FLOP, EMPTY PROMISES...)
    He better get familiar with those words, because he's going to soon be buried in them!
    Ahahaah to all you SUCKERS!

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    antibrainwasher1 year, 1 month ago

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    Political commentator, radio host, college drop-out, alleged
    closet homosexual, and, as recently revealed, synthetic heroin
    drug addict, Rush Hudson Limbaugh III is probably the best
    known neocon personality in American radio.

    Born in Cape Girardeau, MO, in 1951, Limbaugh spent many of
    his formative years pursuing a career in radio.

    After using his pilonidal cyst - a congenital birth defect - to avoid military service in the Vietnam War, Limbaugh briefly
    worked for radio stations in Pittsburgh, PA and Kansas City,
    MO. Fired from both jobs, he worked as a wiener salesman for
    the KC Royals baseball franchise, eventually slithering back into the radio business.

    In 1971 Limbaugh attended Southeastern Missouri University,
    where, according to reports, he had a brief but heated affair
    with Elliot Sanders. So gay is Limbaugh, guarantees Sanders,
    that, "none of his marriages was ever consummated."

    Many of Limbaugh's fans staunchly deny the man's alleged
    homosexuality, and Limbaugh himself says the rumors are
    politically motivated lies. However, one is forced to doubt
    Limbaugh, who has a history of denying and balking at rumors
    that are later revealed to be true. His pilonidal cyst, his
    pseudonymous career in Pittsburgh radio, and his addiction to
    Oxycontin are all facts which Limbaugh initially denied or
    concealed.

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      antibrainwasher1 year, 1 month ago

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      In mid-2004 Rush and his
      third wife, Marta Limbaugh,
      filed for divorce. A British
      source has recently learned
      that Marta agreed to avoid
      disclosing Rush's closeted
      homosexuality, or penchant
      for child pornography, in
      exchange for a hefty divorce
      settlement

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      dwemm1 year, 1 month ago

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      In careful analysis of the article, you find that the author doesn't know anything, doesn't have any information, and is simply laying out a lot of worst case scenarios. All of these worst cases add up to the status quo, what is carried out by the current administration.

      So what are the conservatives complaining about?

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      antibrainwasher1 year, 1 month ago

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      After more failed stints with Missouri radio stations Limbaugh
      moved to Sacramento, CA, where he met and became "friends"
      with Norm Woodruff, a flamboyant, openly gay man with a
      great deal of influence in the local radio scene. Woodruff, who
      mentored Limbaugh in the ways of affluence and elitism (traits
      Rush mocks today), would later died of AIDS.

      Through his ties to Woodruff Limbaugh was given Morton
      Downey, Jr.'s spot on KFBK News Talk 1530 a.m. Within
      twelve months Limbaugh had become the most popular radio
      personality in Sacramento. In 1988 he signed on with EFM
      Media Management, working from New York City.

      For a short while Limbaugh plateaued, until the success and
      enormous popularity of a Democratic president provided him
      with a reason to whine.

      The popularity and charisma of President Clinton enabled
      Limbaugh's hate-filled show to appeal to millions of bitter
      American conservatives. Limbaugh's unique combination of
      prevarication and histrionics provided a sense of unity for
      otherwise incompatible demographics, such as Klansmen and
      Wall Street stock brokers.

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        antibrainwasher1 year, 1 month ago

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        After miserably failing on television, Limbaugh spiraled into
        depression, eventually becoming addicted to pain pills
        prescribed to him for his pilonidal cyst (a.k.a. "Butt Boil"). For
        nearly eight years Limbaugh abused Hydrocodone, a synthetic,
        stronger version of heroin.

        In effect, Limbaugh spent nearly a decade stoned off his
        bleeding backside, and ultimately built up his tolerance to levels
        requiring dozens of pills per day in order to, as Limbaugh once
        confided in his maid, "get my buzz on."

        A textbook example of the damning effects of drug abuse,
        Limbaugh's addiction precipitated a swift drop in weight,
        deafness in both ears, and a marked decline in mental faculties.
        He also became increasingly paranoid - requiring his provider to
        meet him at night behind restaurants, next to dumpsters,
        where he'd hand over cigar boxes stuffed with "cabbage" (cash)
        in exchange for some "little baby blues" (pills). Limbaugh's
        desperation peaked in 2003, when he groped his provider in an
        attempt to check her for a wire tap.

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          antibrainwasher1 year, 1 month ago

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          By late 2003 the whole world knew of Limbaugh's drug
          addiction, though by virtue of their lack of character the
          majority of his fan base remained loyal listeners. Limbaugh's
          show remained popular, despite the rapid rise of Liberal Talk
          Show host Al Franken and the dogged attempts by the Bush
          administration to shut down long time talk show staple Howard
          Stern.

          In May 2004 Rush's third wife, Marta, grew tired of never
          having sex with her allegedly closeted homosexual of a
          husband, and so asked for a divorce. Limbaugh complied after his
          desperate wife agreed to never reveal the true nature of Rush's
          sexual perversion

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          simonsez1 year, 1 month ago

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          It appears there may be a difference between being President and wanting to be President.

          Facts apparently trump rhetoric.

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            jordan111 year, 1 month ago

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            Conjecture. It's all conjecture. When he is sworn in, and begins his policy making, then we'll talk.

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              bikertrsh1 year, 1 month ago

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              antibrainwasher 50 minutes ago
              In mid-2004 Rush and his third wife, Marta Limbaugh,
              filed for divorce. A British source has recently learned
              that Marta agreed to avoid disclosing Rush's closeted
              homosexuality, or penchant for child pornography, in
              exchange for a hefty divorce
              settlement////////////////////////////////////////...
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              YOU SPEND SO MUCH TIME RANTING ABOUT LIMBAUGH, HIS ALLEGED HOMOSEXUALITY AND HIS 1 INCH WEENIE, THAT IT MAKES YOU LOOK LIKE THE CLOSET FAGGOT. I GUESS YOU MUST KNOW ABOUT IT FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, EH ANTIBRAIN. YOU SPEND MORE TIME ON THESE BOARDS THAN ANYONE HERE....DON'T YOU HAVE A JOB TO GO TO, OR DO YOU RUN SOME RINKY-DINK HOME BUSINESS FROM YOUR MOMMY'S BASEMENT?

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              antibrainwasher1 year, 1 month ago

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              What it comes down to, is if you listen regularly to Closet Gay Drug Lamebaugh, and voted for Caribu Barbie, you are an idiot, incapable of rationality, and are of perverted moral character.

              You twisted right wing republifreaks can slime and swiftboat away, like little tutu-ed ballerinas dancing in knee deep hog festering crap, but the game is over, and you have, like Larry Craig, destroyed your own credability.

              Remember I'm not gay Larry Craig? Another great republican.

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