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To: RoosterRedux

This guy isn’t claiming the drones are Chinese, he is claiming they are offered technology.

In short, he is nuts, or has some other agenda.

He is a former Hillary Clinton staffer, so most likely he has a hidden agenda.

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A former member of the Clinton administration is being linked to a bombshell Senate Intelligence Committee memo outlining a strategy to use information gathered by the committee to help drive President Bush from office in 2004.

In an editorial Friday, the Wall Street Journal reports:

“[Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman Jay Rockefeller, D-WV] refuses to denounce the memo, which he says was unauthorized and written by staffers. If that’s the case, at the very least, some heads ought to roll. A good place to start would be minority staffer Christopher Mellon, who serves as deputy assistant secretary of defense for intelligence in the Clinton administration.”


9 posted on 05/05/2025 11:12:11 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustmilents offered here free of charge)
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To: piasa
Look at his entire testimony on the video upthread. It runs from the 2 hour mark to the 3 hour mark. He testifies as to both unidentified drones and UAPs.

Both are flying with impugnity above our military installations.

For example, for 17 consecutive days in November and December, 2023, Langley AFB was nightly buzzed for hours by unidentified drones/UAPs. It was so bad that the Air Force had to move F-22s to a Navy base because they could not secure the airspace.

No one knows what those craft were (whether drones or UAPs). They could not be tracked back to their point of origin and their controllers were not identified. This was a major national security failure.

12 posted on 05/05/2025 11:21:11 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (A person who seeks the truth with a bias will never find it. He will only confirm his bias.)
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To: piasa; Resolute Conservative
He is a former Hillary Clinton staffer, so most likely he has a hidden agenda.

That's a lie.

Chris Mellon started his career as an aide to Senator William Cohen, a Republican from Maine. Cohen later became Secretary of Defense under President Clinton.

That's how Mellon got to the DoD. And he also served under Bush.

Mellon's role with Cohen, particularly during Cohen's time as a member and then chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, gave Mellon early exposure to defense and intelligence issues—setting the stage for his later positions in the Pentagon and on the Senate Intelligence Committee.

13 posted on 05/05/2025 11:33:03 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (A person who seeks the truth with a bias will never find it. He will only confirm his bias.)
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To: piasa
BTW, regarding the memo you brought up, there was no public evidence that Mellon authored or approved the memo, and he was never formally accused or disciplined in connection with it.

The memo itself was controversial, but it was largely seen as internal strategy and did not result in any official ethics violations or firings.

In short: Mellon’s name was mentioned because of his senior staff position, but the link was speculative and political. No misconduct was proven, and he remained active in intelligence and defense work afterward.

14 posted on 05/05/2025 11:38:00 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (A person who seeks the truth with a bias will never find it. He will only confirm his bias.)
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To: piasa

It’s surprising that you show no contrition for spreading a falsehood. Maybe it was just a mistake and not a lie—but the difference between the two is whether you take responsibility. If you don’t acknowledge the error, it starts to look intentional.

Owning up to a mistake shows maturity. Doubling down when you’re wrong does not.

I make mistakes all the time. It’s humbling—even embarrassing—to admit them, but that’s how we grow.


18 posted on 05/05/2025 4:04:37 PM PDT by RoosterRedux (A person who seeks the truth with a bias will never find it. He will only confirm his bias.)
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