OBAMA LEARNS ABOUT ONE OF HIS INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES -- AT BURGER JOINT...

[Hazcat]

On his trip to get a burger with Brian Williams at Five Guys this afternoon, the President appears to have learned of the existence of a Defense Department intelligence arm, the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, from an agency employee also at the burger restaurant.

"So explain to me exactly what this National Geospatial..." Obama said, after the worker mentioned his employer, according to a video of the event.

"We work with, uh, satellite imagery," the worker, Walter replied.

A POLITICO reader caught the exchange, which starts around 5:45 on this C-SPAN video.

The transcript:

Obama: What do you do Walter?
Walter: I work at, uh, NGA, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
Obama: Outstanding, how long you been doing that?
Walter: About six years
Obama: Yea?
Walter: Yes.
Obama: You like it?
Walter: I do, keeps me...
Obama: So explain to me exactly what this National Geospatial...uh...
Walter: Uh, we work with, uh, satellite imagery..
Obama: Right
Walter: [unintelligible] ...support systems, so...
Obama: Sounds like good work.
Walter: Enjoy the weekend.
Obama: Appreciate it.

According to the Defense Department:

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is a Department of Defense combat support agency and a member of the national Intelligence Community (IC). NGA develops imagery and map-based intelligence solutions for U.S. national defense, homeland security and safety of navigation.

NGA provides timely, relevant and accurate geospatial intelligence in support of national security objectives. The term "geospatial intelligence" means the exploitation and analysis of imagery and geospatial information to describe, assess and visually depict physical features and geographically referenced activities on the Earth. Geospatial intelligence consists of imagery, imagery intelligence and geospatial (e.g., mapping, charting and geodesy) information.

Guess they're not getting much airtime in the President's Daily Brief.


http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0509/In_which_the_president_discovers_an_American_intelligence_agency_at_Five_Guys.html

Video - http://www.breitbart.tv/html/350053.html

[Rastus]

Interestingly, if you add to or modify an offshore platform you have to notify these people by letter with specific location and approximate sizing.  This began after 911.

[fightingquaker13]

On this one, I'm not going to be pissed at BO, but his briefers. Knowing we have the kind of capability these guys do could have an impact on POTUS decision making. Someone should be in the corner. (maybe him if he slept through it but still, not confidence inspiring).
FQ!3

[tombogan03884]

What do you expect from a scumbag from the most corrupt political machines in the northern hemisphere and campiagned on smoke mirrors and BS ?
"I'm not going to be pissed at BO, but his briefers"
Of course not, you wouldn't be pissed at your socialist hero if he took a dump on your breakfast table. There's ALWAYS an excuse for the "Magic Negro"

[fightingquaker13]

What do you expect from a scumbag from the most corrupt political machines in the northern hemisphere and campiagned on smoke mirrors and BS ?
"I'm not going to be pissed at BO, but his briefers"
Of course not, you wouldn't be pissed at your socialist hero if he took a dump on your breakfast table. There's ALWAYS an excuse for the "Magic Negro"

Not so majic on this one. As I said him or the briefers, someone should be in M'lettes version of the corner. The info should have been passed on. If it wasn't their fault, if it was, his. I'd have said the same about say Huckabee or Romney (two guys with out much security experience) if they'd gotten the nod.
FQ13

[Sponsor]

[lettyinreno]

CYA means CYA FOXHOLES OR CITIES SORRY

[tombogan03884]

CYA means CYA FOXHOLES OR CITIES SORRY

He CYA's alright, with the flattened out scapegoats he's been throwing under his bus. If scapegoats didn't squish the wheels wouldn't touch the ground
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090531/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama
The anointed one and his queen go on a date to NYC for a show (at our expense) who's watching the kids (at our expense),
While his Brother in Kenya is STILL living on $30 a month.
Did they ever find his illegal immigrant Aunt who was living in Boston ?

[Pathfinder]

Not so majic on this one. As I said him or the briefers, someone should be in M'lettes version of the corner. The info should have been passed on. If it wasn't their fault, if it was, his. I'd have said the same about say Huckabee or Romney (two guys with out much security experience) if they'd gotten the nod.
FQ13

Huckabee and maybe Romney would have paid attention or tried to find out more. I get the feeling that bho just doesn't care, as his mission is the destruction of America's economic might and the capitalist system that built that might.

BTW, does anyone else know of a president who had this much free time so early in his term?

[tombogan03884]

Huckabee and maybe Romney would have paid attention or tried to find out more. I get the feeling that bho just doesn't care, as his mission is the destruction of America's economic might and the capitalist system that built that might.

BTW, does anyone else know of a president who had this much free time so early in his term?

William Henry Harrison, He got LOTS of rest after the first 30 days 

[True_Texan]

I am, to say the least, surprised....


That he didn't learn about it at KFC. What can you really expect from a man that knows nothing about anything related to the management of the US.

For some reason, I get the picture in my head of a 6 year old let loose in the control center for NASA. "OOOoo, what's this do?" "DON'T (ding)... puussshhh that!" "Well there goes that experimental Blow Up the Moon missile we were working on. (Gubment works on some really stupid projects)

But in this case, the 'kid', is actually trying to destroy everything millions of good, hard-working men and women worked to create.

Blah..  Now where the hell did I put that Fukital bottle