Part of me wonders if Hollywood is finally figuring out that there’s a huge pool of people out here for whom the War on Terror is not an abstract relic of Bush Administration paranoia:
NBC News has scheduled its controversial to-catch-a-terrorist investigative program, in which an elite team hunts war criminals.“The Wanted” will premiere Monday, July 20, at 10 p.m. with specialists in counterterrorism, foreign intelligence, war crimes and investigative journalism profiling suspected international terrorists.
“We hope this program sheds light on an overlooked story,” said David Corvo, executive producer at NBC News. “It is surprising how many people with serious accusations against them are living openly and avoiding any sort of judicial process.”
The project drew criticism when it was first made public in February, with government officials saying the effort could interfere with ongoing criminal investigations, and human rights advocates concerned about the program making false accusations. Lingering distaste from the news division’s similarly law-enforcement-trumping “To Catch a Predator” segments on “Dateline,” which went after accused sex crimes perpetrators, has also led to worries about the new program.
And part of me wonders if it isn’t a first salvo in a Hollywood/Media campaign to cover for Obama’s retreat on everything else related to the War on Terror – Guantamo, withdrawal from Iraq, attacks into Pakistan and the works.
Obama wouldn’t dare call it a national cause, much less a war. But if they can spin it as entertainment…?
Uh oh. Does Angryclown have an updated passport? You might want to take that extended French vacation you and the Bearded Lady from the circus have been yearning for.
The major terror threat today is on our Southern border. The cartels are training and equipping (with the help of the Mexican army) an army of sociopaths. More people die in one year down there than died in 9/11. And we have Janet “open borders” Napolitano “securing” the Homeland.