CIA SECRET PRISONS CLOSED - Obama

The New York Times: Reports that President Obama has ordered that CIA secret prisons be closed. One can argue that President Obama has taken a brave move in political terms, this is a risky new policy as they would say in the Civil Service. Lets recall since 9/11 there has not been a major terrorist attack on the American Homeland. After 9/11 if you had told the experts that there would be no further attacks they would have dismissed this view point as not the real world. After the 9/11 attacks Bush got tough through overt and covert means, thus no more attacks, it only takes President Obama to get one part wrong and his honeymoon period will look like a Liberal New York Times Dream. Lets postulate and the Bush Policies have kept the terrorists off guard, the covert actions and CIA secret prisons have done their job, broken suspects and got the right information, now we have a new regime in Washington D.C. Think after CIA scandals of the 70s, the Carter Administration thought it could get intelligence from spy satellites and did not need spies, thus we get Afghanistan and Iran disasters. Thus Obama Administration thinks the terror threat is over, as the USA had not had any attacks since 9/11. Thus we have a pre 9/11 mind set, the mind set that gave us 9/11. If there is another terrorist attack and the Congress find that policy developments of Obama allowed the terrorists to get through the holes in the system, how much would you bet that Obama would get re - elected.

On the other hand President Obama has been lucky, very lucky, he has not had a major national defeat while in the US Senate or so far in the White House, but the one constant in political history is not how you deal with events when you high in the polls its when your rock bottom. Even the Gipper had a bad time in the recession of the early 80s. Lets postulate that the closing of the Cuban Detention Centre, the banning of rough treatment of terrorists and the closing down of CIA secret Prison has no negative effect; await to be convinced of that policy; lets see what the USA gets out of this policy development, will Middle East be open to the USA, will Iran stop its nuclear development, will Israel and Palestinians come together. The simple answer is no, International Politics does not work like that, this my prediction Obama will be a one term President, he will be defeated in 2012.

White House Web Site, WP and Me!

The Washington Post: Reports on the disaster that is the White House Web Site. There are no Press releases for us bloggers no record of the first day of the Obama Presidency. I did notice the old media got the pictures first of Obama in the Oval. I thought the Obama Team was I.T up to date, thank god it not the end of the World, the White House Web Site would still have the Obama Inauguration on its front page. Wake up and fix this problem, its a 24/7 world, old news does not cut it these days. The Bush Administration had a more effective Web Site folks, go and ask them how it works.

Guantanamo Detention Centre to Close - Obama

BBC News: Breaking News from the BBC, Guantanamo by order of President Obama is to close within a year, also harsh treatment of terrorists is to stop. The BBC and Guardian readers will love this move, but what it shows is that President Obama has a pre - 9/11 mind set, so as stated in previous post if we are in a TV 24 Case Study, a terrorist caught and incident going to happen soon what is Obama going to do, offer his phone call and nothing else. As stated lets hope the tough treatment of terrorists by the Bush Administration has broken the back of the terrorist threat, lets hope we can try those at Guantanamo in Federal Courts. But we still have the issue of those that have been harshly treated, those that are still a threat, those that can not be released because if they are released they will strike again and it would be make Obama another one term President. Lets see what the Elite Media says about Obama within a year, if the USA has closed Guantanamo but we have another prison with a different name but does the same thing as the base in Cuba.

White House I.T SLOW

The Obama Administration was meant to be up on I.T but the White House Web site is a slower under them than Bush. I thought they wanted support from the New Media, Bloggers. But it seems that its the old media that is getting the pictures. If I have read the my US copy right law, if its on the White House Web Page and a White House picture then its in the Public Domain. One could be supportive of Obama and show a picture of him on the phone to Middle East leaders. But since no picture, one is taken by the fact that he is not wearing a coat in the Oval Office. Ronald Reagan a great President always wore a coat in the Oval, Clinton did not seem to keep to that rule, we all know the result of that don't we folks. Thus if the new Administration wants a break from those not in the tank for it, it should get its act together. Thus get those press releases out, we might be critical but fair, or just plain annoyed and critical.

2nd Oath for Obama

CNN: Reports that President Obama retook the Presidential Oath today, just in case the messed up first version would cause problems down the line. Is this a omen, is the Obama Presidency going to turn in to the Jimmy Carter Presidency Mark 11.