Days After Claiming U.S. Less Safe Due To Iraq War, Bush's Counterterrorism Chief Suddenly Resigns

[NNN0LHI]

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/17/scott-redd-ntc/

Retired Vice Admiral Scott Redd, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, told NBC News this weekend that the U.S. is not “tactically” safer as a result of the Iraq war. That message defied the official line from White House counterterrorism adviser Fran Townsend, who said the “threat level would have been worse” had we not attacked Iraq.

Redd also acknowledged that, over the short term, the Iraq war has created a “giant recruiting tool” for terrorists. Watch it:

Today, Redd announced his sudden resignation from the NTC. The AP reports:

Retired Vice Adm. John Scott Redd said he is stepping down next month to have a long-delayed surgery and spend more time with his five grandchildren and the rest of his family. His spokesman, Carl Kropf, said Redd needs to have both knees replaced. The surgery will require follow-up rehabilitation and would have meant a prolonged absence from the center.

[BridgeTheGap]

1. The truth is not welcome in this administration

and there is always some other reason for their resignation.

[RainDog]

2. so they knee-capped him?

I really don't think we can wait out the next 15 months.

It's past time to go to the mattresses cause Georgie Sack's gang is out of control.

[rodeodance]

3. He got caught in the political fray this summer when Rep. Jane Harman, who heads a House Homeland Se

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/printer2/index.asp?ploc=t&refer=http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1155AP_Counterterror_Center_Chief.html

Redd took over the counterterrorism center in August 2005 and oversaw the organization through a number of threats, including the August 2006 plot to use liquid explosives against U.S.-bound jetliners.

He got caught in the political fray this summer when Rep. Jane Harman, who heads a House Homeland Security subcommittee, said the center should have corrected what she characterized as alarmist statements from Republicans about a looming terrorist threat. In a letter to Redd, Harman, D-Calif., complained that Republicans were misrepresenting intelligence reports to justify quick action on legislation to provide the government with easier methods of eavesdropping on adversaries.

[global1]

4. W hat Is The Tally Of People That Work(ed) For This Administration That Spoke Out And Left...

suddenly after they spoke out?

Shinseki for one. Whom else?

What about the guy from the phone company that didn't go along with spying - I hear he's in jail - and those that went along with this *Co are now going to get immunity.

There's a pattern here.

[AndyA]

5. You cannot speak the truth to the American people in the Bush White House.

That is not acceptable, is not permitted, and such actions will be punished.

Further, he should avoid small places, travel with others he trusts, and have his car checked before he starts it.

It's not healthy to f*ck with The Bush Crime Family™.

[GliderGuider]

6. And as totally yucky as it might be

he should insist on a local anesthetic for the operation.