Did Obama Sell Our National Security to Hollywood For Political Gain?

[Obama 2012 1,714]

Anyone who knows the real Obama and how he's worked since the first day he had political aspirations know that he's nothing more than the ultimate political machine. None of this surprises anyone who has followed this guys career.

Of course the information was allowed to be seen. Of course they initially agreed to release the film in October. Of course there will be trailers for it leading up to election time. It's not about Osama. It's about Obama and it always has been.

Obama has used anything and everything against his opponents and for himself that he can in every way, even if it means skirting the lines of decency. That's what way he works and always has.

The question becomes in a situation like this, what kind of penalties or crimes might have been committed for not holding America's best interest as his top priority.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/al-qaeda/9285626/Barack-Obama-accused-of-risking-national-security-over-Osama-bin-Laden-film.html

Documents released under freedom of information laws show that Mr Obama's defence department and CIA enthusiastically assisted Kathryn Bigelow, the Oscar-winning director, for her forthcoming film on the raid.

Mr Obama's administration even made available "a planner, operator and commander of SEAL Team Six", the elite Navy squad that killed bin Laden in May last year. The identities of Navy SEALS are a closely-kept secret.

The filmmakers were taken to a classified facility, whose name had to be redacted in the released documents, and were allowed to tour the CIA vaults, containing vast amounts of secret information. They were also shown the CIA's mock-up of bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

At the time, Ms Bigelow's film, titled Zero Dark Thirty, was due to be released in October, later prompting accusations that it was timed to boost Mr Obama's prospects for re-election the following month.

Congressman Peter King of New York, the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, said on Wednesday that the emails told a "damning story of extremely close, unprecedented, and potentially dangerous collaboration" between top Obama officials, the filmmakers and a Left-wing lobbying firm.

"If this facility is so secret that the name cannot even be seen by the public, then why in the world would the Obama Administration allow filmmakers to tour it?" Mr King asked.

Amid Republican calls for an inquiry, Mr King wrote to senior officials at the Pentagon and CIA demanding further details on what was disclosed to Ms Bigelow and her screenwriter, Mark Boal.

In a meeting last July, Michael Vickers, under secretary of defence for intelligence, promised to "make a guy available who was involved from the beginning", who would "give you everything you would want", transcripts show. "That's dynamite," replied Mr Boal. Ms Bigelow, who won the 2009 Oscar for Best Director for The Hurt Locker, added: "That's incredible".

Mr Vickers said: "The only thing we ask is that you not reveal his name in any way he shouldn't be talking out of school." The Pentagon now claims that the man, whose name was redacted in the released documents, was not involved directly in the raid.

The meeting was held just weeks after Robert Gates, then Mr Vickers's boss as defence secretary, said he was "very concerned" that leaks from the bin Laden raid could jeopardise future operations. Mr Obama's administration has aggressively targeted the sources of government leaks throughout its first term.

In an email, Mr Boal also discussed meeting John Brennan, Mr Obama's chief counterterrorism adviser, and Denis McDonough, the President's deputy national security adviser.

The Republicans said the emails and transcripts – which amount to hundreds of pages – suggested that classified material may have been given to people without necessary security clearances.

"A release of classified documents for clearly political ends would call into question the Obama administration's judgment," said Kirsten Kukowski, a party spokesman. "Putting politics before our national security is certainly cause for concern and it should be investigated immediately." Republicans also voiced concerns that the documents showed some of the contact between officials and the film's producers had been brokered by Glover Park Group, a Left-leaning lobbying firm whose senior staff include former Clinton administration officials.

Critics of Mr Obama from the Left also said it was astonishing that an administration that had prosecuted more whistleblowers than all previous governments combined had been caught happily leaking to Hollywood allies.

The White House referred to a statement by the President's press secretary last year that it was "ridiculous" and "simply false" to suggest that classified information had been leaked for the film, which is now due to be released in December, after the presidential election.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

Obama has been a sell out since the day he stepped into office. It's all about sleezing for votes with him. Between him and Bush Jr. we have had back to back sell outs and sleezes. Both of them sucked and Romney doesn't look all that much better. He's another one who would sell his mother if it got him a few more votes but at least we have an idea of what we get with Romney. I hope he beats Obama. I seriously want to see some changes and not the ones Obama has brought us so far. This guy really sucks as president.

Edited May 24, 2012 by Why_Me

[Leatherneck 693]

Obama and his administration are beyond irresponsible -- there are literally child like adults in that administration. Now a very courageous man, Dr. Shakil Afridi is in custody for the next 33 yrs because the fools of the Obama can't keep their mouths shut and because they have no respect for secrecy.