You probably haven't heard of former CIA employee Larry Johnson, but he has a certain cachet on the left. He has given the Democratic Party's weekly radio address, is a big favorite among liberal bloggers, and has appeared as an "expert" on terrorism on PBS and other mainstream outlets. So you might assume he isn't a complete moron.

Think again. The Larry Johnson paper trail starts in July 2001--two months before September 11--when he wrote in the New York Times that the terrorist threat was "declining," and that Americans, despite being "bedeviled by fantasies about terrorism," have "little to fear" from such attacks. An interesting window into the mindset of the CIA, or at least a portion thereof, pre-September 11, but hardly a qualification to be considered an "expert" on the subject.

Johnson's obliviousness to the terrorist threat hasn't stood in the way of his being lionized by liberal Democrats, ...

But those were only figurative cudgels. Now the contemptible Mr. Johnson is issuing threats to conservative bloggers. You think that might be hyperbole? Johnson wrote:

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Sounds llike a threat to me, ... One is tempted to say that the Democrats couldn't possibly sink lower, but somehow I suspect they will surprise us yet again.

Contributed by Bill Faith on July 27, 2006 at 06:16 AM in Bill Faith, Dem Dumbness, Politics | Permalink

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