“Many presidents tend to be smitten with the instruments of the intelligence community. I think Obama was more smitten than most,” ..
.. For the C.I.A., there were far fewer political costs associated with killing terrorists than with capturing and interrogating them.
.. History will record that when Americans and their representatives let fear rule their decisions (rxfxworld)
.. In all fairness to everyone, the simple fact is that we want to be protected, presumably at all cost, and we are not really very much interested in all the details of the hows and whys. (Reuben Ryder)