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Dissent Is the Highest Form of Patriotism Abetting Terrorists

It wasn't true during the Bush years, when slagging off the administration's policies was all the rage, that Thomas Jefferson (or anyone of consequence) ever uttered or penned the widely misattributed sentiment about deigning to dissent.  But we were nonetheless admonished to embrace the spirit of the phantom quote.  Dissenting with those courageous and patriotic dissenters, on the other hand, was tantamount to censorship and violation of civil rights.

What a difference a year makes.

WH: Some Critics 'Serving the Goals of al Qaeda'*

In an oped in USA Today, John Brennan -- Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism -- responds to critics of the Obama administration's counterterrorism policies by saying "Politically motivated criticism and unfounded fear-mongering only serve the goals of al-Qaeda."

For more, see Brennan's defiant op-ed, humbly entitled "We Need No Lectures."

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Dissent Is the Highest Form of Patriotism Abetting Terrorists

It wasn't true during the Bush years, when slagging off the administration's policies was all the rage, that Thomas Jefferson (or anyone of consequence) ever uttered or penned the widely misattributed sentiment about deigning to dissent.  But we were nonetheless admonished to embrace the spirit of the phantom quote.  Dissenting with those courageous and patriotic dissenters, on the other hand, was tantamount to censorship and violation of civil rights.

What a difference a year makes.

WH: Some Critics 'Serving the Goals of al Qaeda'*

In an oped in USA Today, John Brennan -- Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism -- responds to critics of the Obama administration's counterterrorism policies by saying "Politically motivated criticism and unfounded fear-mongering only serve the goals of al-Qaeda."

For more, see Brennan's defiant op-ed, humbly entitled "We Need No Lectures."