To begin with the speech was lackluster. But, then Earnst laid out a myth that was to insure new rhetoric would be spun by someone, anyone. It was a gamble with odds like the slots in Vegas.
"...the FBI has said Isis is in all 50 states..."
Last night was a chance Ernst could have made a great speech to launch herself as a potential presidential candidate in the future, but, instead she can now be called "Earnst, the Spin Queen."
"This is sort of the new normal," Comey said in July after announcing the arrests of 10 people believed linked to Islamic State plots, including some suspected of planning attacks to coincide with the July 4 holiday.
That was a statement by Director Comey last year. What is ignored in the comments is the fact there have been successful arrests and prosecutions of Daesh sympathizers since it became a terrorist group a year or so ago. There have been plots against the people of the USA since September 11, 2001. The SBIs across the country have been picking up threats and short of a few domestic terrorists that have killed Americans within the country's borders the threat has been stopped.
Ms. Earnst makes a wide sweeping statement as if the country's intelligence doesn't work and it is up to the citizens to defend itself. That plays into Republican rhetoric demanding small government. The facts are clear, the FBI and the SBIs have been finding and prosecuting threats successfully. If government were as small as the Republican federal budgets would make it, Americans would have a profound problem.
"...the FBI has said Isis is in all 50 states..."
Last night was a chance Ernst could have made a great speech to launch herself as a potential presidential candidate in the future, but, instead she can now be called "Earnst, the Spin Queen."
"This is sort of the new normal," Comey said in July after announcing the arrests of 10 people believed linked to Islamic State plots, including some suspected of planning attacks to coincide with the July 4 holiday.
That was a statement by Director Comey last year. What is ignored in the comments is the fact there have been successful arrests and prosecutions of Daesh sympathizers since it became a terrorist group a year or so ago. There have been plots against the people of the USA since September 11, 2001. The SBIs across the country have been picking up threats and short of a few domestic terrorists that have killed Americans within the country's borders the threat has been stopped.
Ms. Earnst makes a wide sweeping statement as if the country's intelligence doesn't work and it is up to the citizens to defend itself. That plays into Republican rhetoric demanding small government. The facts are clear, the FBI and the SBIs have been finding and prosecuting threats successfully. If government were as small as the Republican federal budgets would make it, Americans would have a profound problem.
