VIDEO: America attacked as George W. Bush and Dick Cheney dithered

By GottaLaff

My pal Greg Skilling wrote up a piece at The Examiner on this and passed it along to me. Wow. I'd missed 60 Minutes last night so I didn't see this. Double wow:


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Unnerving much?

While the administration of former President George W. Bush and his erstwhile partner former Vice-President Dick Cheney dithered about with two foreign wars, America was under attack. Sunday, on CBS' 60 Minutes, reporter Steve Kroft interviewed Project Director for the Commission on Cybersecurity for the 44th Presidency, Jim Lewis regarding the attacks.

"In 2007 we probably had our electronic Pearl Harbor. It was an espionage Pearl Harbor," Lewis said. "Some unknown foreign power, and honestly, we don't know who it is, broke into the Department of Defense, to the Department of State, the Department of Commerce, probably the Department of Energy, probably NASA. They broke into all of the high tech agencies, all of the military agencies, and downloaded terabytes of information."

Much more here.

The next time a Rushpublic uses that tired, meaningless old talking point about how BushCo kept us safe, refer them back to this. Then remind them that 9/11 happened on their watch.

Mission accomplished.

White House Counsel Could Be Pushed Out

A little redecorating going on? The Cyber Security Chief is stepping down too.

"Obama administration officials are holding discussions that could result in White House counsel Gregory Craig leaving his post, following a rocky tenure," the Wall Street Journal reports.

"Mr. Craig, the top lawyer at the White House and a close aide to President Barack Obama, has helped lead the administration's efforts on several national-security issues that once enjoyed popularity but have since become become political liabilities for Mr. Obama."

"These include the closure of the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the release of Bush administration-era national-security documents, and efforts to find legal ways to indefinitely hold some detainees who can't be put on trial."

Obama begins cybersecurity review

Yes!!! Let's hear it for the geeks.

A review of how well the US thwarts spies and malicious hackers has been started by President Barack Obama.

The wide-ranging review is set to last 60 days and takes in all the "plans, programs and activities" of official US cyber security efforts.

The end result will be a strategy to improve the way the US defends itself against net-borne threats.

While campaigning, President Obama likened net risks to the threat of nuclear or biological attack.