{"id":1292926,"date":"2022-02-12T03:30:27","date_gmt":"2022-02-12T08:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1292926"},"modified":"2022-02-12T08:37:36","modified_gmt":"2022-02-12T13:37:36","slug":"elder-a-tale-of-top-is-leaders-killed-under-two-administrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elder-a-tale-of-top-is-leaders-killed-under-two-administrations\/","title":{"rendered":"ELDER: A Tale Of Top IS Leaders Killed Under Two Administrations"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Felder-a-tale-of-top-is-leaders-killed-under-two-administrations%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1292926&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/508A47CE-6694-4074-AB6F-5621081724E0-scaled-e1644627500840-1.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>When President Donald Trump, in October 2019, ordered a successful takedown of top Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Democrats and even the anti-Trump media celebrated the death of the terror leader. But top leaders of the Democratic party still chastised Trump for failing to notify top congressional Democrats of the impending strike.<\/p>\n<p>Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement: \u201cThe House must be briefed on this raid, which the Russians but not top congressional leadership were notified of in advance, and on the administration\u2019s overall strategy in the region. Our military and allies deserve strong, smart and strategic leadership from Washington.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump did inform two Republican leaders of the strike, but admitted he completely excluded Democrats, including Pelosi. As to informing Pelosi, Trump said: \u201cNo, I didn\u2019t. I didn\u2019t do that. I wanted to make sure this kept secret. I don\u2019t want to have men lost, and women. I don\u2019t want to have people lost.\u201d He also said: \u201c(I was) going to notify (congressional leaders) last night, but we decided not to do that, because Washington leaks like I\u2019ve never seen before. Washington is a leaking machine. And I told my people, we will not notify them until our great people are out \u2014 not just in, but out. I don\u2019t want to have them greeted with firepower like you wouldn\u2019t believe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam B. Schiff, D-Calif., called Trump\u2019s lack of notice \u201ca mistake.\u201d Schiff said, \u201cIn terms of notifying the Gang of Eight, that wasn\u2019t done,\u201d referring to the leaders of both parties in the House, the Senate and their Intelligence Committees.<\/p>\n<p>And according to former National Security Adviser Susan Rice, Trump also broke protocol by not informing his predecessor of the elimination of this ISIS leader. Rice said: \u201cThere is a tradition of common courtesy of presidents informing their predecessors of things of significance like this. Since the White House seemingly didn\u2019t feel it necessary to inform the leadership of the intelligence committees on a bipartisan basis, I\u2019m quite confident that they didn\u2019t do the normal protocol with respect to predecessors either.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That was then.<\/p>\n<p>Last week President Joe Biden ordered a strike that killed al-Baghdadi\u2019s successor, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi.<\/p>\n<p>Did Biden, pre-strike, notify top congressional leaders or give former President Donald Trump an advance warning? The same Democrats who criticized Trump said nothing about whether they received notice of the strike. But it appears that Biden, like Trump, kept House intelligence leaders in the dark. The Washington Post wrote: \u201cA House Intelligence committee official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive matters, said Thursday that the committee was not notified before the Syria mission \u2018and will ask for additional information from the administration on that decision.&#8217;\u201d What about Pelosi? The Post said: \u201cGen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, called House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Thursday morning to inform her about the Syria mission, according to Pelosi spokesman Drew Hammill. It is unclear whether Milley\u2019s call to Pelosi came before or after the strike.\u201d Whether Pelosi received notification before or after the strike, given her criticism of Trump, seems awfully relevant. But Dems and the media appear blase about the difference.<\/p>\n<p>Did Biden, like Trump, worry about leaks from congressional intel leaders, including Democrats like Pelosi and Schiff? Did Biden, like Trump, fail to follow what Rice called \u201cthe tradition of common courtesy\u201d by notifying his predecessor, the man the Biden administration calls \u201cthe former president,\u201d of the impending strike against the IS leader?<\/p>\n<p>Who knows? And it appears than neither Democratic intel leaders nor the pro-Biden media care to find out or even to ask. Oh, what a difference a Democratic administration makes.<\/p>\n<p><i>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Larry Elder is a bestselling author and nationally syndicated radio talk show host. His latest book, \u201cThe New Trump Standard,\u201d is available in paperback from Amazon.com and for Nook, Kindle, iBooks and Google Play. To find out more about Larry Elder, or become an \u201cElderado,\u201d visit www.LarryElder.com. Follow Larry on Twitter @LarryElder. 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