[MJY1288]

I would like to know who gave Michael Scheuer permission to publish his book as "anonymous". Whoever it was, he or she needs to be brought up on charges, and Michael Scheuer should be Federal prison

[Billthedrill]

The story I heard is that senior CIA staffers gave him permission to publish anonymously thinking that the book was potentially damaging to Bush's re-election campaign (which may be one reason the knives are out as we speak). It is, evidently, equally critical of senior CIA staffers, or at least that was the author's intention. That agency is currently in the process of a major flushing.

[Diddle E. Squat]

I'm not so sure. The degree of the author's appeasement mentality is so shocking as to validate Bush's CIA housecleaning for most who read the book.

[dk/coro]

I completely concur. I watched this scum-bag for a few seconds on "Hardball" tonight, before I bleeped the station.

As an aside, Chris Matthews is still visibly seething about the election; and it appears that his agenda will be blatantly keyed to do everything possible to bring discredit upon the second Bush term.

How I despise that spiteful punk!!

[sam_paine]

Scheuer is the author? The author is anonymous?

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WTF!?!?! Which is it?

[Mo1]

I would like to know who gave Michael Scheuer permission to publish his book as "anonymous".

I'd like to know that question also

[Zack Nguyen]

I would like to know who gave Michael Scheuer permission to publish his book as "anonymous". Whoever it was, he or she needs to be brought up on charges, and Michael Scheuer should be Federal prison.

No, the CIA lets people do that now. I'm sure that this gentleman had permission. Apparently his criticisms have grown to vociferous though, and I think he pretty much got driven out of CIA.