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> # Sen. McCain's campaign today accused Sen. Obama of 'perfect manifestation of September 10th mindset' and of 'taking a law-enforcement approach to terrorism'. This comes 28 days after an FBI counter-terrorism agent told the House Judiciary Committee that under President Bush, the Bureau had hired and appointed counter-terrorism supervisors with little or no experience in anything but domestic crime, and had a rule: rotating out all counter-terrorism specialists once they had reached five years' experience. In short, Agent Bassem Youssef had said, under a Republican administration, the FBI was, in effect, taking a law-enforcement approach to terrorism. \[71\] \[72\]

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## More from John McCain

1. > The McCain campaign is creating a new category of campaign maneuver. I would call it self-punking. They keep doing this to themselves. When I talked to them to…

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2. > (Olbermann:) This morning \[McCain\] reverses himself, at least an eight-year position on off-shore drilling. Tonight, the President insists on off-shore drillin…

[Permalink to quote \#128](https://quotesby.net/John-McCain/128/ "Permalink to quote 128")
3. > Did anybody tell Senator McCain that Senator Clinton lost -- and did those same things?

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