[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Thanks for the ping...

I like the last statement:

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For years it has been a staple of fever swamp politics to believe the U.S. government is in the grip of shadowy powers using "intelligence" as a tool of control. With the publication of this NIE, that is no longer a fantasy.

[BIGLOOK]

Yeah....a shocker.

Well that's what happens when politically appointed, obligated bureaucrats become entrenched and held over.

(Let's not forget the mess created by Gore and the Clinton administration in 2000. The Bush transition got off to a rocky start.)

[singfreedom]

Yes, I got cold chills. We absolutely have no clue to what extent our intelligence agencies have been infiltrated by limp di@ked, dim lib, wonders. Evidently, it is considerable.