[Quilla]

Our friends and colleagues have difficult jobs gathering the intelligence, which helps, for example, to prevent terrorist attacks against Americans at home and abroad

Boy howdy, these folks did a fine job warning us about 9-11.

[newconhere]

What is this about? Weird?

[depenzz]

These "formers" are representative of the typical Democrat Liberal, they THINK they are important and we should listen to them. As far as I am concerned they are no different and have no more say or authority to send a letter to the RNC than I, along with 10 other citizens . Sure, they can send it but why do they think its so dam important. They are so caught up in themselves they can't believe they aren't important. Its not just these people, all the Liberals are like this. (whats the use, we get a steady stream of horse sh** from them and they just go from one dumb thing to another)

[SERKIT]

Boy howdy, these folks did a fine job warning us about 9-11.

Is this the list of goofs who missed nuke testing in India & Pakistan?

[jveritas]

Larry Johnson is an a**. We all remember his extreme partisan attacks against President Bush during the 2004 campaign. I remember shorty after 9-11 that this idiot was advocating that the US should attack militarily the Lebanese Christians in Lebanon to tell the Muslim world that the war on terror is not against them. Talk about a hateful delsuional kook.

[Semper Paratus]

Boy howdy, these folks did a fine job warning us about 9-11

Not to mention the viability of the Soviet Union and the Shah of Iran.

[Liberty Valance]

Careful what you say to Perlstein. You might be quoted in the Village Voice. FR is his show prep like everyone else.

[fortunecookie]

Boy howdy, these folks did a fine job warning us about 9-11.

Yeah, bang up. And between them and the FBI, neither was too concerned when Hillary, not even her hubby the president who also considered them as his personal reading section, took out files like they were library periodicals and left them lying around or gave out the info on people. But the RNC, well, shhhhh!

[Straight Vermonter]

The CIA makes the postal service look efficient.

[kcvl]

CIA Wants Bush Investigated

01/24

Decorated CIA veterans have demanded that Congress hold the Bush White House accountable for exposing undercover agent Valerie Plame.
Following is the full text of a letter sent by former CIA officers to House Speaker Dennis Hastert on Tuesday, calling for a congressional inquiry into the Valerie Plame case.

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Dear Mr. Speaker:

We, the undersigned former intelligence officials in the U.S. intelligence community, request that you launch an immediate, bipartisan congressional investigation into who leaked the name of Valerie Plame, wife of former U.S. Ambassador Joseph Wilson IV, to syndicated columnist Robert Novak and other members of the media that exposed her status as an undercover CIA officer. The disclosure of Ms. Plame's name was an unprecedented and shameful event in American history and, in our professional judgment, has damaged U.S. national security, specifically the effectiveness of U.S. intelligence gathering using human sources. Any breach of the code of confidentiality and cover weakens the overall fabric of intelligence, and, directly or indirectly, jeopardizes the work and safety of intelligence workers and their sources.

While we are pleased that the U.S. Department of Justice is conducting an investigation and that the U.S. Attorney General has recused himself, we believe that the Congress must send an unambiguous message that the intelligence officers tasked with collecting or analyzing intelligence must never be turned into political punching bags. We believe it is important that Congress speak with one voice on this issue. Moreover, the investigation must focus on more than simply identifying who leaked this information. We believe it is important for Congress to help the American people understand how this happened and take a clear stand that such behavior will not be tolerated under any administration, Republican or Democrat. A thorough and successful congressional investigation of this crime is necessary to send a clear signal that the elected representatives of this government will not accept nor ignore the political exploitation of the men and women in our intelligence community. A professional, thorough investigation will also help boost the weakened morale of our intelligence personnel and renew their confidence and trust in the elected leadership of the country.

Our friends and colleagues have difficult jobs gathering the intelligence which helps, for example, to prevent terrorist attacks against Americans at home and abroad. They sometimes face great personal risk and must spend long hours away from family and friends. They serve because they love this country and are committed to defending the principles of liberty and freedom. They do not expect public acknowledgement for their work, but they do expect and deserve their government's protection.

For the good of our country, we ask you to please stand up for every man and woman who works for the U.S. intelligence community by immediately launching a congressional investigation.

Sincerely yours,
Larry C. Johnson, former Analyst

Joined by:
James Marcinkowski, former Case Officer
Michael Grimaldi, former Analyst
Brent Cavan, former Analyst
Dr. Marc Sageman, MD, Ph.D., former Case Officer
James A. Smith, former Case Officer
John McCavitt, former Case Officer
Ray McGovern, former Analyst
Ray Close, former Analyst
William Wagner, former Case Officer