“Delmar4fun,” whom police identified as Ritter, sent “Emily” a link to his Web camera and then masturbated on camera and said he was fantasizing about having sex with her, the affidavit said.

“Emily” told “delmar4fun” what her age was twice, the affidavit said. The second time, “delmar4fun,” turned the camera off and said he didn’t realize he was speaking to a 15-year-old and didn’t want to get into trouble, the affidavit said.

However, Ritter allegedly later resent the camera link, and masturbated and ejaculated on camera, the affidavit said.

Scott is a Marine.  Can someone please point out the honor in taking bribes, writing anti-American propaganda, and engaging in illegal sexual acts with a minor?

We have been laughing on our back channel at BLACKFIVE about the Biden plan to have our secret squirrels locate al Qaeda and then let our magic ninjas swoop in and take them out. The idea is ludicrous for many reasons, but mostly because we don’t have the will to do the dirty trickery necessary to pull it off.

Ever since we eviscerated the CIA in the Carter era and destroyed any ability to do human intelligence we have relied on electronic intercepts and satellite imagery for our weak and generally wrong “intelligence”. While those tools can be useful, absent a humint capability, they are woefully inadequate. So the idea that we could rely on them is a joke I ‘m surprised they have the stones to make. Targeted strikes by UAVs in Pakistan have been successful, but expanding that into a theater-wide, pipehitter free fire zone is not gonna happen.

If I thought for a minute that they were serious about actually resourcing this and providing the networks of spies, warlords, assassins, and shady characters with satchels of cash it would take to make it work, I might could get behind it. But does anyone see the Obama administration, which right now is thinking about prosecuting the CIA for being mean to terrorists, doing any of that? All right, get up off the floor.

Biden’s plan is a way to cut and run, while maintaining that you are doing neither. That is why it is becoming increasingly likely. I think the more we say Biden plan though, the more damage we do to it’s viability. Seriously, just say it out loud…Biden plan. It makes my brain cry out in pain.

A couple of surprising words were missing from President Barack Obama’s 55-minute news conference on Wednesday: “Iraq” — and “Afghanistan.”

Also MIA: “Korea,” “Pakistan,” “soldiers,” “surge” and “war” — as well as the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines.

The omissions were partly a result of the short attention span of the press, which did not ask about those topics after the president did not mention them in his opening statement.

But the silence on those subjects also provides a striking illustration of one of the singular differences between Obama and his predecessor.

Obama seeks common cause with Muslim world

Obama calls for new beginning between USA, Muslims...
'ANY WORLD ORDER THAT ELEVATES ONE NATION OVER ANOTHER WILL FAIL'...
'Iran should have the right to access peaceful nuclear power if it complies with its responsibilities'...
Reiterates support for Palestinian state...
Admits US involvement in Iran coup in 1953...
Says extremists exploit tension between Islam, West...
Reaction...
Iranian leader: USA 'deeply hated' in region...
Says 'sweet talk' not enough for Muslims...
'Obama really buttered them up in Cairo'...
US Muslims: Speech 1st step in fixing ties...

Israeli Rightists launch anti-Obama campaign; Hang posters throughout country...

PREPARE FOR A LONG WAR AGAINST INFIDELS...

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Lt. Brian Brennan was severely wounded in Iraq and faced unbeatable odds but, as David Martin reports, he made a remarkable recovery with a little help from a special Cherokee word.

Look how the New Yorker froths over this

UPDATE: Hoekstra: Capitol Hill a glass house on interrogations

Michael Hayden, who served as former President Bush’s last CIA director from 2006 to 2009, said releasing the memos outlining terror interrogation methods emboldened terrorist groups such as al Qaeda.

“What we have described for our enemies in the midst of a war are the outer limits that any American would ever go to in terms of interrogating an al Qaeda terrorist. That’s very valuable information,” Hayden said during an appearance on “Fox News Sunday.”

“By taking [certain] techniques off the table, we have made it more difficult — in a whole host of circumstances I can imagine — for CIA officers to defend the nation,” he said.

But Sens. Claire McCaskill, D-Missouri, and Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, said certain techniques should not have been allowed in the first place. McCaskill called them “a great recruitment tool for those who want to do harm to our country.”

White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel dismissed Hayden’s assertion that releasing the memos had undermined U.S. intelligence efforts by giving al Qaeda critical new information.

“One of the reasons the president was willing to let this information out was that already the information was out,” he said on ABC’s “This Week.”

“Go get the New York Review of Books. It’s there.”

Hayden said he called several senior White House officials to express his opposition before the president released the documents. Hayden also noted that four previous CIA directors, as well as current agency director Leon Panetta, opposed the release.

As Karl Rove pointed out on O’Reilly, releasing these documents helps in the recruitment of would be jihadists. This enables the recruiters to show the recruits that the USA is weakening and nothing will happen if they are caught.

Vice President-elect Joe Biden is worried about the “exceedingly high expectations” the world community has for Barack Obama’s presidency.

He believes he and Obama must follow through with action to show how they’re different than George W. Bush, Biden told CNN’s Larry King Monday.

“I have been contacted by so many world leaders. Their expectation for Barack’s presidency is overwhelming,” Biden said. “They are so hungry to have an American leader who they think has a policy that reflects our stated values as well as one they can talk to.”

Based on this Q and A, I have not got a lot of confidence!

When voters look at your Administration two years from now, in the off-year election, how will they know whether you’re succeeding?

I think there are a couple of benchmarks we’ve set for ourselves during the course of this campaign. On [domestic] policy, have we helped this economy recover from what is the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression? Have we instituted financial regulations and rules of the road that assure this kind of crisis doesn’t occur again? Have we created jobs that pay well and allow families to support themselves? Have we made significant progress on reducing the cost of health care and expanding coverage? Have we begun what will probably be a decade-long project to shift America to a new energy economy? Have we begun what may be an even longer project of revitalizing our public-school systems so we can compete in the 21st century? That’s on the domestic front.

On foreign policy, have we closed down Guantánamo in a responsible way, put a clear end to torture and restored a balance between the demands of our security and our Constitution? Have we rebuilt alliances around the world effectively? Have I drawn down U.S. troops out of Iraq, and have we strengthened our approach in Afghanistan — not just militarily but also diplomatically and in terms of development? And have we been able to reinvigorate international institutions to deal with transnational threats, like climate change, that we can’t solve on our own?