The Director of National Intelligence, Mike McConnell, center, flanked by FBI Director Robert Mueller, left, and CIA Director Michael Hayden. Kevin Wolf / AP (MSNBC)From Counter Terrorism Blog:
In one of his final acts in office, President Bush has been trying to settle unfinished business in his internationally-unpopular “global war on terror.” No, he hasn’t killed Osama Bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri or Abu Ayyub al-Masri. No, he hasn’t pulled all U.S. troops out of Iraq. No, he hasn’t closed Guantanamo Bay, Abu Ghraib or Bagram’s prisons.
However, Bush has met privately with groups of Gold Star families, whose relatives made the ultimate sacrifice in wars since 9/11. He has been tender, caring and compassionate with those in grief.
The President also bestowed the nation’s highest award for spywork on his security team, awarding the National Security Medal last week to Director of National intelligence Mike McConnell, CIA Director Michael Hayden and CIA Deputy Director Stephen Kappes. Hayden and Kappes, no doubt, were given the top honor for eliminating eight senior Al Qaeda leaders in missile strikes inside Pakistan in the last six months. Among the dead were operatives planning attacks against the West, sources have informed me.
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My Comment: Let us see if the replacements that have been appointed by President Obama can do the same thing.
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