Purely political, according to Bob Woodward’s new book:
During a daily intelligence briefing in May 2009, [national intelligence director Dennis] Blair warned the president that radicals with American and European passports were being trained in Pakistan to attack their homelands. [White House chief of staff Rahm] Emanuel afterward chastised him, saying, “You’re just trying to put this on us so it’s not your fault.”
To these guys, It’s not about protecting America. It’s about who the blame lands on.
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