Remember #Obama making the statements about al Qaeda being on the run and on the path to defeat during the 2012 campaign? If you click through to see the video, that statement seems misguided if not totally naive. In a February Senate Armed Services Committee meeting top members of both the Intelligence and Defense Intelligence agencies reinforced that al Qaeda is both active, and dangerous: Two of the nation’s chief intelligence officials on Tuesday confirmed to Congress that al Qaeda is no longer “on the run,” as leaders have been saying for years. “Is al Qaeda on the run and on the path to defeat?” Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., asked in a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing Tuesday. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper responded, “No, it is morphing and -- and franchising itself and not only here but other areas of the world.” Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, added, “They are not.” More from the Senate meeting: cbsnews/news/al-qaeda-is-morphing-not-on-the-run-intel-chiefs-say/
Posted on: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 16:52:08 +0000
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