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Why U.S. Spies Get Putin Wrong
Daily Beast via Yahoo News ^ | 03/03/2013 | Eli Lake

Posted on 03/03/2014 11:38:55 AM PST by SeekAndFind

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To: Nifster
I don’t care what G.W. thought of him,

Your statement implies something derogatory towards Bush and his relationship with Putin.

In defense of Bush, he respected Putin as a Warrior and knew EXACTLY what he was capable of as evidenced by Bush's preemptive actions that prevented Putin from moving into Georgia.......

Such actions, by the way, have not taken place under this administration.......

21 posted on 03/03/2014 12:44:38 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (Was Occam's razor made by Gillette?)
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To: Hot Tabasco

Good old W....’looked into his eyes (Putin’s)” and was convinced he is a good man and a Christian. Perhaps you don’t remember that bit of nonsense.


22 posted on 03/03/2014 12:48:48 PM PST by Nifster
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To: null and void

shoot, you know me all to well ;)


23 posted on 03/03/2014 12:49:29 PM PST by Nifster
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To: Flintlock

Yea right.... tell that to Ronald Reagan

No she doesn’t say from Wilson. Her self published book claims from the second world war and FDR. Which of course anyone who knows the history of Whitaker Chambers and Alger Hiss already knew that. As did anyone who paid attention during the Rosenberg case.

O is an admitted communist and a possible muslim. He certainly has muslim sympathies. His admin behaves accordingly


24 posted on 03/03/2014 12:54:24 PM PST by Nifster
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To: fishtank

Are you that dense??? My point was clear, if you can’t understand it I would suggest you take some reading comprehension classes


25 posted on 03/03/2014 12:58:28 PM PST by Nifster
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To: musicman

I recall an article, maybe 20 yrs ago, that complained of a spy culture that would, out of fear of being wrong, render anyalsis that took every possible position.


26 posted on 03/03/2014 1:00:20 PM PST by TalBlack (Evil doesn't have a day job.)
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27 posted on 03/03/2014 1:17:56 PM PST by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: SeekAndFind

Obama has been President for over five years. We won WWII in less time. We elected a boob as our President. He is the Chief Executive of The Executive Branch. He is expected to come to this job with certain competencies. He should be able to plan and coordinate. He simply can’t do those things. We are in serious danger. Our ship of state is in a serious storm and the enemy is on the horizon. Our Captain is down below telling the cook to put less salt in the mush.


28 posted on 03/03/2014 1:19:00 PM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: TalBlack
“I recall an article, maybe 20 yrs ago, that complained of a spy culture that would, out of fear of being wrong, render anyalsis that took every possible position.”

This was a common problem in U.S. intelligence agencies during the Cold War, and it likely continues to the present. Herb Meyer and others who served during the Reagan administration have written about how difficult it was to get a straight answer from the analysts in Soviet branch at CIA about the true conditions in the Soviet Union's economy and military in the early 1980s. There was an extensive CYA mentality among almost all of the career employees there.

29 posted on 03/03/2014 1:35:27 PM PST by riverdawg
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To: SeekAndFind

bump


30 posted on 03/04/2014 10:11:32 AM PST by deweyfrank
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