Last Saturday and Sunday The Washington Post published two articles, with a total count of 2,192 words, about Sarah Palin’s emails. The Post had said in advance it wanted the help of the public in getting to the bottom of what was in them. I told The Daily Caller this was an example of a paper desperate for a Republican scandal and willing to exploit cheap or free labor. But if you get what you pay for, the Post got what it deserved. Palingate fizzled out.
But in the spirit of public service, which the Post is apparently encouraging, my friend and associate Trevor Loudon and I have dug into the background of CIA director and Secretary of Defense nominee Leon Panetta. It’s too bad that we didn’t have this material assembled before now, but better late than never. The evidence shows that Panetta had a close and personal relationship with a member of the Communist Party by the name of Hugh DeLacy, whose record included meeting with communist espionage agents. By any objective standard of journalism, this should be big news. But the question now is whether the media, liberal and conservative, will take time off from Weinergate to pay attention and examine the evidence.
Rather than have boxes of material dumped on us, as happened in the case of Palin, we have researched hard-to-find Congressional hearings, conducted interviews and examined clippings from decades ago, university archives and the Congressional Record. It’s the kind of reporting that Bob Woodward of the Post was known for during Watergate. Of course, the target then was a Republican President and former Congressman who had made history by helping to smoke out a Soviet agent in the State Department by the name of Alger Hiss. When the targets are prominent liberal Democrats, the media lose their passion for investigative reporting. As far as communists go, to even consider them a threat is “McCarthyism” to many in the media and not worthy of any attention at all.
This is why, however, we are supposed to have congressional panels from the Senate and House—and security agencies like the FBI—to conduct such background probes. Yet, we find no evidence that the Panetta-DeLacy relationship was ever examined by the FBI or the Senate when Panetta was being considered and confirmed for the post of CIA Director. The major media have been even more derelict, content to cover the Panetta hearings for Secretary of Defense in a cursory manner and then turn their attention back to something that is easier and more fun to cover and which is sure to attract interest—Weiner. You can bet that the Democrats would rather talk about Weiner than one of their own, a former Democratic Congressman turned CIA director, who is neck-deep in a scandal involving his relationship with a communist agent and an espionage ring.
It is an open question whether the Senate will take a look at this evidence now that Panetta is up for another sensitive post and senators have to act on his confirmation.
Read More at Right Side News by Cliff Kincaid, RightSideNews.com
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The blot just gets thicker and thicker with this administration. Before we know it the whole white House will be full of commies and muslims. God help us all!!!!!!!!!
It already is and both parties know! http://www.reformdc.com
P.S. Have you voted this week at “you cut” http://majorityleader.gov/YouCut/
Well they all have ties to member of the Communist Party, what's news about this. How about Husein's bro Bill Ayers. In case you people haven't noticed the Communist, Socialist, what ever you want to call it HAS ALREADY TAKEN OVER!
This ain't America anymore.
We are making Russia and China green with envy . But then they will reap the rewards anyway !
OK, where are you Rambo?
Same place as Batman–they're equally real.
Same as Obama!
For what they did to Palin, they should all get thrown in prison and left to rot. The SOBs haven't an ounce of intregrity. While imposter obama is in office, this country is doomed. How can people not see him for what he is?
It is not just WHAT they did to Palin, but HOW they did it! America saw these media outlets so eager for dirt, they were pawing through the boxes as they were being carted to their cars! They openly salivated over what they might find and instead of being happy they were wrong and could now praise her honesty and wonderful work ethics…they started spinning, spinning, spinning! She contacted GOP candidates to see how they stood on Alaskan issues! Horrors…she was obviously trolling for a VP spot! She was happy there was not a lot of kick back when she made big cuts in spending…obviously she was gloating because she had pulled a fast one right in front of people! Insanity! And now they are back asking for more…because 24,000 pages of honest governing was not enough punishment for them!
Leon Panetta should be asked to resign but this will not happen because Panetta is a good fit for Obama's Administration. We are living in very dangerous times!
Wake-Up Tea Party Patriots This Is Called Obama/Soros Nov 2012 Obstructions, Yikeess, Now Is The Time To Bury The Liberal Goons And Show The Rest Of The World How An Embarrassment They Are. God Bless America And Sarah Palin POTUS SOON.
Why are so many of the American people so stupid as not to see what is happening? Obama is a disgrace as President. He thrives in telling the people, he is speaking to, what they want to hear, whether it is true or not–then changes the script to fit his next "smoke and mirrors" speech–anything to get the fools to vote for him again. The media is a disgrace to this country, they do not report the truth. Four more years of this disgraceful, corrupt administration and the moron media putting out the Obama lies we won't have a country!
Wake up media; Obama is walking this country right down the trail to destruction and you are all so blind and stupid you continue to support him. Most of you don't deserve to be allowed to report the news because you do not have an open mind. You are biased and puppets of the Socialist Left Wingers in this country. You have jobs that you do not deserve while there are 14 million people without jobs, many honest people who could do a lot better job than you do.
What else do you expect of a mole in the White House?
Impeach Obama, or kiss good-by to our Republic.