But the real story was far more tame: an FBI intelligence analyst had simply prepared the presentations to describe the theological basis for jihad using a multitude of Islamic sources. In other words, there was almost no opinion offered in the presentations; instead, the analyst simply quoted from Islamic texts to describe the roots of the multi-century war between Islam and the West.
Judge for yourself. Here are the "highlights":
Really?This is supposed to be controversial?
Suffice it to say that the breathless release of these documents and the fact that Eric Holder is Attorney General shouldn't come as much of a surprise.
The entire presentations (all in PDF format) may be viewed here:
• Militancy Considerations
• Strategic Themes and Drivers in Islamic Law
• Doctrinal Basis for Jihad
• Chart: Violence and Adherence to the Torah, Bible and Koran
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This Spencer Ackerman who came up with the journolist strategy to deal with the Rev. Wright controversy:
What is necessary is to raise the cost on the right of going after the left. In other words, find a rightwinger’s [sic] and smash it through a plate-glass window. Take a snapshot of the bleeding mess and send it out in a Christmas card to let the right know that it needs to live in a state of constant fear. Obviously I mean this rhetorically.
If the right forces us all to either defend Wright or tear him down, no matter what we choose, we lose the game they’ve put upon us. Instead, take one of them — Fred Barnes, Karl Rove, who cares — and call them racists. Ask: why do they have such a deep-seated problem with a black politician who unites the country? What lurks behind those problems? This makes *them* sputter with rage, which in turn leads to overreaction and self-destruction.
Why is that scuzzball still employed.
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