Breathtaking Hubris Chutzpah and Hypocrisy: Responses on Opposing Sides of Torture
by Jim Craven/Omahkohkiaaiipooyii
“Chutzpah”
The classic definition of “chutzpah” or bombastic nerve, is “someone who has murdered his parents and then pleads mercy on the court on the grounds he is an orphan.” Just when I thought former General and CIA director Petraeus set a new standard and definition of “chutzpah”, when he had both his mistress/biographer and his wife in the same row at his induction to CIA while neither the wife nor the CIA knew what was going on, we have a new level and standard with the Brennan session on Torture.
Here is a candidate for Nobel Prize in Chutzpah: Your wife and mistress and in the same row at your CIA director appointment, and neither the wife nor CIA knows; only Petraeus and the mistress
In terms of leaks of classified sources, methods and operational tactics, along with potentially damaging information on Petraeus and others, apparently the strategic geniuses at Stratfor had some concerns they expressed in emails that were hacked by a Malaysian hacker and passed on to WikiLeaks to become open source:
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