As in “blind” and “crazy”: Instead of “the hammer,” in the words of John O. Brennan, President Obama’s top counterterrorism adviser, America will rely on the “scalpel.” In a speech in May, Mr. Brennan, an architect of the White House strategy, used this analogy while pledging a “multigenerational” campaign against Al Qaeda and its extremist … Read More “Out of Sight, Out of Mind” »
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Marc Thiessen defends the “al-Qaeda 7” attack ad by likening the attorneys who defended detainees in Guantanamo, as well as José Pedilla, John Walker Lindh, and others to “mob lawyers” and “drug cartel lawyers.” Setting aside the obvious point that even mobsters and drug lords deserve representation in a court of law, we should not … Read More “Writing Disaster” »
