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State Dept. Spokesman P.J. Crowley Resigns Over Controversial Comments

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P.J. Crowley, the State Department’s spokesman, resigned in connection with controversial comments he made regarding how Bradley Manning, the Army private suspected of leaking cables to Wikileaks, was being treated while in custody. When asked recently about allegations that Manning is being held under abusive conditions, Crowley called Manning’s treatment “ridiculous and counterproductive and stupid.”

Crowley confirmed in a statement:

“The unauthorized disclosure of classified information is a serious crime under U.S. law . . . My recent comments regarding the conditions of the pre-trial detention of Private First Class Bradley Manning were intended to highlight the broader, even strategic impact of discreet actions undertaken by national security agencies every day and their impact on our global standing and leadership. . . . The exercise of power in today’s challenging times and relentless media environment must be prudent and consistent with our laws and values. . . . Given the impact of my remarks, for which I take full responsibility, I have submitted my resignation as Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs and Spokesman for the Department of State.”

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  • notsofast

    LOL

  • Lover

    Another one bites the dust, another one bites the dust, hey, another one bites the dust…

    I’d like to see a list of all the people who have “resigned” under Obama in his little time in office to date and compare it to a full term pres.

  • BadGenome

    The only surprise is that he went before Clapper.

  • murf

    Isn’t this the most amateur , gaffe prone , administration officials ever assembled?

    Seriously from Clapper , Napolitano , Gibbs , Holder , Biden , Dunn , Jones , Brennan ……… I could go on

  • turk281

    BadGenome said:
    The only surprise is that he went before Clapper.

    Seriously!!

  • Lover

    murf said:
    Isn’t this the most amateur , gaffe prone , administration officials ever assembled?

    Seriously from Clapper , Napolitano , Gibbs , Holder , Biden , Dunn , Jones , Brennan ……… I could go on

    Add Obama to your list. Too bad he doesn’t “resign.”

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    The Obama administration is falling apart. Obama has screwed up foreign policy so bad, he is making the people that like us hate us. He has no idea what he is doing.

    Hillary warned us when she did that ad about the late night phone call.
    Obama waits forever to send a carrier to Libya and he sends two Japan in hours. LOL

  • murf

    gordonbloyershow said:
    Hillary warned us when she did that ad about the late night phone call.

    Funny thing about that , she is now the one making that phone call .. LMAO

  • http://www.snowspot.net Snowspot

    Torture is endorsed by Democrats now even, oh well. I guess the county is moving right.

  • da-wdc

    gordonbloyershow said:
    Obama waits forever to send a carrier to Libya and he sends two Japan in hours. LOL

    It’s really hard to take anything you say seriously because it’s predictably 100% negative about Obama. How is that interesting or thoughtful? Here you are bashing the guy for quickly sending help to survivors of a major natural disaster in a country that’s one of our allies, where obviously time is of the essence and assistance was requested by the government.

  • Lover

    Snowspot said:
    Torture is endorsed by Democrats now even, oh well. I guess the county is moving right.

    My county has always been right. ;)

  • da-wdc

    Mike Allen tweeted that Crowley was on his way out anyway, but didn’t elaborate on what else led to his departure.

    I figured he was gone after those comments were made public, though – it’s not his job to give his personal opinions like that (even though I agree with him), and compounding the problem was that Obama was asked a question about Manning at a press conference and was likely unaware of Crowley’s comments (Daley, at least, wasn’t made aware until afterward – this is from Tapper at ABC News).

    I wonder what he’ll do now. Long before these comments about Manning I had been wondering if something was up, since I didn’t see him on news shows nearly as much; I seem to recall he was on FNC news programs quite frequently last year, but this year I don’t think I’ve seen him much at all.

  • andthehorseyourodeinon

    Obama has a new book coming out “1,001 way’s to step on your *ick and keep your job”

  • The Lantern of Truth

    King Obama ‘s turn :

    ” In the cases of uprisings in Iran and Libya, rather than show American leadership, he once again voted present and said little and did even less. He left a leadership void in world leadership now being filled, thankfully, by the British and the French.

    All of these cases illustrate that Obama really isn’t bringing anything to the table. He is not contributing to the most important questions facing the country – he does not offer ideas, or support for particular plans. He lets other people do the deciding, and then he embraces whatever consensus others have created.

    A Republican candidate for President should ask: For $400,000 per year in salary, what are we actually getting? Is he actually doing his job? Couldn’t anyone do what Obama has done? Put anyone in the office, someone unqualified and well over their heads, and they’d do the same thing, sit back, let other people handle it. ”

    http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/03/obama_hits_the_links_while_cat.html

  • Color Me Badd

    Snowspot said:
    Torture is endorsed by Democrats now even, oh well. I guess the county is moving right.

    Yep with the answer in the presser by Obama yesterday on Bradley Manning and today’s developments, not to mention letting the Bush admin. walk on war crimes. This President not only condones torture he uses torture in the same way the Bush administration did. Criminals all of them.

  • Joe Astroturf

    It must have been hard for Obama to see Crowley go because deep down they think alike when it comes to traitors. Obama would rather we lose a whole building like the LA Liberty building that terrorists were thinking about taking down then to waterboard some creep Islamist terrorist. He’d even see a whole city go down than to get his other buddies Terror Loving Holder, Farrakhan and Jeremiah (Chicken comes home to roost) Wright mad at him.

    Please Check out song called teapartiers I can’t hear you at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJfboOindCo

    Here’s a verse

    Baucus is threatening insurance companies Obama the CBO
    Medicare Advantage and free speech is about to go
    He’d rather see people in our forts , planes and La liberty building die
    then to see a muslim terrorist get water in his eye
    All the insane and pervert czars and the communist ones too
    are surprised how easily they took us without even a coup

    Hey guys if you fought at the Khe San
    when they stop giving your wife her meds and her last breath comes over her face
    you’ll find comfort knowing some illegal or Gitmo detainee will gladly take her place.

  • Dem4Ever

    Obama’s presidency is crumbling around him and he doesn’t even know it. Maybe he “did” spend 20+ years in Rev. Wrights church with out ever realising that the man is a race baiting, Muslim sympathizing, America hating, ignoramus.

  • notsofast

    BadGenome said:
    The only surprise is that he went before Clapper.

    Yeah, we need to clap him on and then clap him off!

  • timzank

    andthehorseyourodeinon said:
    Obama has a new book coming out “1,001 way’s to step on your *ick and keep your job”

    That is priceless! Well done!

  • timzank

    Color Me Badd said:
    Yep with the answer in the presser by Obama yesterday on Bradley Manning and today’s developments, not to mention letting the Bush admin. walk on war crimes. This President not only condones torture he uses torture in the same way the Bush administration did. Criminals all of them.

    I suggest you start impeach proceedings immediately!

  • Cecelia

    Color Me Badd said:
    Criminals all of them.

    Well, great… So now you can branch out from making everyone to the right of Tom Hayden out to be the boogie man under your bed…

  • X-3

    BadGenome said:
    The only surprise is that he went before Clapper.

    Agreed.

  • X-3

    Speaking of “controversial comments,” try this one:

    http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Executive_Order_12586

    This should frighten you. And this is only the “unclassified” part! What it means is, ANYONE can be accused of terrorism and even if they are acqutted, they can still be incarcerated indefinitely. Furthermore, any accusation of terrorism does not have to be in concert with an overt act. Want to bet the -0bama regime considers those who disagree with him to be terrorists?

  • X-3

    andthehorseyourodeinon said:
    Obama has a new book coming out “1,001 way’s to step on your *ick and keep your job”

    Where can I buy a copy? I can hardly wait.

  • Steve_27

    murf said:
    Isn’t this the most amateur , gaffe prone , administration officials ever assembled? Seriously from Clapper , Napolitano , Gibbs , Holder , Biden , Dunn , Jones , Brennan ……… I could go on

    And it should surprise no one. We elected a no expreience, no nothing do nothing far left wing community organizer. What else should we have expected?

  • jcalex

    P.J. Crowley, Don`t worry PJ..they only do such things in a third world country.

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