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It is pretty pathetic CNN how you continue to carry water for Democrats. I seem to recall during the Valerie Plame investigation you guys were like rabid dogs covering every angle and how any leak was just horrible and unacceptable. Now you peddle this? Obama Leak 'Scandal' Is Wildly Overblown. Peter Bergen's main point is that the rest of the world pretty much knew this stuff already. Maybe so, but Mr. Bergen should know that even if something that is classified is published in the open, one NEVER confirms that the info is correct. You don't hand out intel freebies. Ever.
As for his other points, you don't need leaks of classified information to have discussions about the pros and cons of cyberwarfare or UAV use. Those were happening before the leaks. And yes, these leaks have harmed national security. If they hadn't, you wouldn't have Democrats talking about it.
Two years ago President Obama and Congressional Democrats told Americans they had strengthened the banking system and revoked too-big-to-fail privileges from the financial giants. Now Moody's can help Americans understand that the 2010 Dodd-Frank law has fulfilled neither promise. The law's signature achievements are higher costs, reduced opportunities and weaker banks
Now, of course, Obama likes to blame President Bush for these lousy results. But the truth is that the recession ended five short months after Obama was sworn in — and long before most of his "stimulus" had been spent.
Plus, if history is any guide, the deep 2007-09 recession should have been followed by an even more powerful recovery. Had Obama's recovery been merely average, there would be millions more with jobs today.
The climate models, by contrast, got scores ranging from 2.4 to 3.7, indicating a total failure to provide valid forecast information at the regional level, even on long time scales. The authors commented: “This implies that the current [climate] models are ill-suited to localized decadal predictions, even though they are used as inputs for policymaking.”
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