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Scheuer retired from her most recent role as deputy chief of Homeland and Strategic Threats late in 2021 and agreed to talk to Reuters this year.

Thomas Joscelyn of Weekly Standard wrote a critical piece on Scheuer and an interview Scheuer did on Hardball with Chris Matthews. [38] According to Joscelyn, Scheuer's claims that "there was no evidence of a relationship between Saddam Hussein's Iraq and al Qaeda", in various interviews, "directly contradicted" Scheuer's earlier assertions, in his first book, in which Scheuer "cited numerous pieces of evidence showing that there was, in fact, a working relationship between Saddam and al Qaeda." Michael Scheuer's Non-Intervention.com". Archived from the original on April 27, 2018 . Retrieved January 4, 2014. Scheuer served in the CIA for 22 years before resigning in 2004. He was chief of the Bin Laden Issue Station at the CIA's Counterterrorism Center from 1996 to 1999, [15] and worked as Special Adviser to the Chief of the bin Laden unit from September 2001 to November 2004. [16] He is now known to have been the anonymous author of both the 2004 book Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror and the earlier anonymous work Through Our Enemies' Eyes: Osama bin Laden, Radical Islam, and the Future of America. [17] After his anonymously published books were publicly associated with his name, he was mentioned by Osama bin Laden in his statement of September 7, 2007. According to bin Laden, "If you want to understand what's going on and if you would like to get to know some of the reasons for your losing the war against us, then read the book of Michael Scheuer in this regard." [3] Tottenham pay tribute to Terry Venables with minute's applause ahead of their game against Aston Villa following the death of their former manager and player aged 80... as the club say they are 'extremely saddened' by the lossHe also accused activists of destroying ‘more property’ than al Qaeda, making them ‘absolutely’ terrorists. Strictly Come Dancing's Vito Coppola sends fans wild with his VERY racy comment to rumoured girlfriend Ellie Leach: 'Did he just say that live on the BBC?' Scheuer has been critical of the Clinton and Bush administrations for not having killed bin Laden, for costly and disastrous policy missteps, and for not taking decisive measures to defend the country. He states that Clinton had eight to ten opportunities to kill bin Laden prior to September 11, and Bush had one opportunity thereafter. Richard A. Clarke and the Clinton administration, according to Scheuer, thwarted the CIA's ambitions to kidnap or kill bin Laden when they had the chance. [30] According to Scheuer, Secondly, colleagues recalled him expressing disinterest at civilian deaths resulting from strikes on al Qaeda targets. One told the Daily Beast he simply ‘didn’t care about collateral damage’. All the while, Scheuer calls Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old charged for the murder of two demonstrators in Kenosha, Washington, a ‘young hero’

U.S. rhetoric about bin Laden having allegedly "hat[ed] freedom" has also irked Scheuer, who suggests that those "willing to give their lives to destroy the dictatorship in Saudi Arabia ... must want freedom in some kind of way." [29] This erroneous rhetoric, according to Scheuer, is not only to be found in the media and among politicians, but even in the 9/11 Commission Report, in which bin Laden and his followers were identified "as takfiris, who kill Muslims if they don't agree with them. They're not takfiris. They're just very devout, severe Salafists and Wahhabis." But retired CIA operations officer, Glenn Carle, was apparently an exception, telling the outlet: ‘He’s always been an extremist. That’s a psychological characteristic, not a political attribute of his. The New Yorker once dubbed Scheuer, again citing her position but omitting her name, as the “Queen of Torture,” writing that “she gleefully participated in torture sessions.” Doctor Who fans heap praise on 'perfect' guest star Miriam Margolyes and commend her on managing not to swear: 'Take a well earned bow'

He also believed the ‘Kenyan-born’ Obama was a tyrant, and wrote on his blog in 2014 that he was a viable target for assassination. In another incident according to the Senate torture report and former intelligence officers, she reportedly went to visit an “enhanced interrogation” at a secret CIA prison to watch a waterboarding session. Mark Rossini, a former FBI agent who worked with the CIA at the time, criticized the assertion. “She's flat out wrong,” he said. “What a bunch of insulting horseshit. Holy Christmas!”

Dean McDermott reveals he spent Thanksgiving at sober living facility and NOT with Tori Spelling and their kids Would YOU be able to tell these doughnuts are healthier? From Double Chocolate to Peanut Caramel Protein and Strawberry Cheesecake - these treats all have less, fat, sugar AND calories Many of Scheuer’s former colleagues recalled what they described as his ‘rage’ during his two decades at the CIA, which manifested in two ways. Myleene Klass shares a blended family tribute to herfiancé as she thanks him for 'being the embarrassing dad who cheers the loudest for my children'In April 2009, Scheuer participated in the Doha Debates at Georgetown University, where he debated for the motion "This house believes that it is time for the USA to get tough on Israel" with fellow speaker Avraham Burg. Speakers against the motion were Dore Gold and Alan Dershowitz. Burg and Scheuer won the debate, with 63% of the audience voting for the motion. During the debate, Scheuer suggested that "the war in Iraq is the responsibility of the American fifth column that supports Israel" and accused Dershowitz of being part of this "fifth column". Dershowitz responded that he opposed the war in Iraq, that "more Jews than any other ethnic group in America opposed the war in Iraq" and that Scheuer was engaging in "bigotry." [37] Iraq and al-Qaeda [ edit ] Treats for under the tree: Top 10 festive gift ideas that promise to be all THEY want for Christmas He said if Joe Biden wins the election, Democrats would be ‘silly to imagine it’s going to preserve their lives.' The bad news is that charlatans are often able to extend their influence with the influence of partisans who should know better, but who find the charlatans’ charlatanism politically convenient. Over the past five years, Democrats have become excruciatingly sensitive to Republican abuses of this kind. But there was a time, and it wasn’t so long ago, when liberal critics of the Bush foreign policy made similar common cause with a long roster of dubious characters: Karen Kwiatkowski, Juan Cole, John Mearsheimer… why it seems only yesterday that Ron Paul himself could count on a friendly hearing at MSNBC.