Phyrfight Intel

From: WSJ

Freeman’s nomination could not withstand the broad bipartisan opposition that ensued. And if there was any doubt about his unfitness for an intelligence post, he dispelled it yesterday by publishing a screed, quoted by Politico, in which he blamed his own disgrace on a Jewish conspiracy:

“The libels on me and their easily traceable email trails show conclusively that there is a powerful lobby determined to prevent any view other than its own from being aired, still less to factor in American understanding of trends and events in the Middle East,” he wrote.

“The tactics of the Israel Lobby plumb the depths of dishonor and indecency and include character assassination, selective misquotation, the willful distortion of the record, the fabrication of falsehoods, and an utter disregard for the truth.”

Sen. Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, issued a statement saying that Freeman’s “statements against Israel were way over the top and severely out of step with the administration” and that the White House “did the right thing” in defenestrating him.