Biden And The Tale Of Aldrich Ames

by Jeffrey Lord - October, 28th, 2008 - American Spectator

In spite of a warning from his Republican predecessor, one of Senator Joseph Biden's first acts as the new chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1987 was to abolish the Committee's Subcommittee on Security and Terrorism. Biden's action came just as one of the most famous spies in American history had begun leaking secrets to the Soviet Union. The spy -- Soviet CIA mole Aldrich Ames -- went undiscovered for nine years, almost the entire period of Biden's chairmanship of the Committee. Biden relinquished his post after Republicans re-captured the Senate in 1994. Ames was finally arrested that year.

There is a famous quote, "Those who will not learn from history are condemned to repeat it." If Obama-Biden are elected, it is not the Marxist Messiah alone who frightens me. Joe Biden is a perfect example of the old cliche in business. "Some people have 20 years experience. Some people have 1 years experience 20 times." That last sentence is a perfect description of Biden.

Their election will be a disaster from which America is unlikely to recover.