Marc Thiessen

[[File:Marc Thiessen in 2007.jpg|right|thumb|165px|A glimpse at the man behind the curtain.]]{{uspolitics}}'''Marc Thiessen''' {{lived|1967|}} was [[George W Bush]]'s chief speechwriter (you can still see the bald spots from the torn-out hair), before which he was an aide to [[Donald Rumsfeld]] and [[Jesse Helms]]. He is a staunch defender of [[Torture|enhanced interrogation techniques]], and has written a book subtitled ''How the CIA Kept America Safe, and How Barack Obama Is Inviting the Next Attack.'' So, that's "safe" as in ''letting your greatest known enemy fly planes into your skyscrapers'', then.  He also currently writes for the [[National Review Online]], often known as the "World's Shittiest Website." In January 2010, he wrote the book ''Courting Disaster'',<ref>''Courting Disaster: How the CIA Kept America Safe and How Barack Obama Is Inviting the Next Attack'' by Marc A. Thiessen (January 18, 2010) Regnery Publishing></ref> which was described by an pseudonymous ex-[[CIA]] analyst as a "literary defense of [[war criminal]]s".<ref>[https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2010/03/a-former-military-interrogator-unearths-the-errors-and-fear-mongering-in-marc-thiessen-s-courting-disaster.html Courting Fear: A former military interrogator unpacks the errors and fear-mongering in Marc Thiessen's Courting Disaster.] by Matthew Alexander (March 03, 201011:45 AM) ''Slate''.</ref> In February 2010 he was rewarded with a recurring column in ''[[The Washington Post]]''.<ref name=aei>[http://www.aei.org/scholar/marc-a-thiessen/ AEI Page]</ref>

He popped up again in February 2012, aghast that people have compared the Bush administration's actions to those of the [[Spanish Inquisition]], just because both happened to use [[waterboarding]].  While it is true that the Bush administration was not intentionally copying the Spanish Inquisition (it being too busy copying the Roman Emperor Caligula with its creation of an alternate reality), both groups did in fact use simulated drowning as a method of torture. <ref>[http://thinkprogress.org/yglesias/2010/02/08/196096/if-marc-thiessen-doesnt-want-to-be-compared-to-the-spanish-inquisition-he-should-stop-advocating-torture-techniques-used-in-the-spanish-inquisition/?mobile=wt  If Marc Thiessen Doesn't Want To Be Compared To The Spanish Inquisition He Should Stop Advocating Torture Techniques Used In The Spanish Inquisition] [[ThinkProgress|ThinkProgress.org]] </ref>

In addition, his position on the [[NSA]] leaks of 2013 is standard for a [[Republican]] and he feels that the spying was warranted, and that those responsible for the leaks should be punished. <ref>[http://www.aei.org/article/foreign-and-defense-policy/defense/intelligence/yes-publishing-nsa-secrets-is-a-crime/ Yes, Publishing NSA Secrets Is A Crime]</ref>  And he was extended even more [[wingnut welfare]] with a position on [[Fox News]] in 2014<ref name="aei" />

In August 2025, Thiessen blamed [[Hamas]] rather than [[Israel]] for the nearly universal civilian starvation within [[Gaza]]<ref>[https://archive.ph/j6fvy#selection-1149.59-1149.64 Hunger in Gaza has many authors, but Israel isn’t one of them. Israel is doing something no nation has ever done: Feeding the population of the force that attacked it.] Marc A. Thiessen (August 7, 2025) ''The Washington Post'' (archived from 8 Aug 2025 07:48:30 UTC).</ref> despite Israel's total control of food delivery within Gaza.

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==External links==
*[http://www.marcthiessen.com/ Website]
*[https://www.twitter.com/marcthiessen Twitter feed]

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