CIA Renegades (Steven Plaut On The CIA As A Far Left Bastion Alert)

Frontpagemag.com ^ | 09/29/05 | Steven Plaut

[goldstategop]

I've always wondered why the CIA was never interested in me. I guess it turns out its less due to the foreign circumstances of my birth than the CIA's slavish devotion to Far Left ideology. Langley has had its share of treasonous spies. And unlike truly yours, who has never worked for the Agency, it so happens traitors among America's finest in its intelligence service have turned out to be native born Americans! I'm a better American than that ilk that has assiduously sabotaged Republican Administrations by supporting Communists, totalitarian regimes and terrorists so long as they're anti-American. It sort of renews one's faith in the guardians of American national security, doesn't it?

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[NZerFromHK]

That will be interesting reading to the non-US Western world's leftist moonbats. According to these far-left idiots (such as the Education Minister of New Zealand, Trevor Mallard of the centre-left Labour Party, just two months before the general election here), the CIA is still the hotbed of right-wing conspirational activities.

Indeed, they actually hate Bush precisely because "He's even more right-wing than the CIA!".

[Stepan12]

I think the reason they published Imperial Hubris

by Michael Scheur (then called anonymous) is because it would hurt Pres. Bush during the election campaign.

[SevenMinusOne]

The CIA is ironically full of anti-American first types (but it is slowly improving). Positive change will certainly take time. A whole legion of old dinosaurs (lefties) are being phased out (some resigning) but this process will take a decade to weed out -

This CIA became completely risk adverse from the early 90's up until Sept 11th - (and even after to a large extent). Where the CIA has become more aggressive is via the special activity division (which is basically just borrowed or purchased SOF Operators).

[NZerFromHK]

I personally feel that the majority of the CIA people are realists in the Edward Heath mold or mainstream leftists - probably not far-left extremists as the Frontpage magazine alleges. These people are forming an alliance of convenience with the far-left like the Noam Chomskys or John Pilgers of the world in face of what they perceive as the "common enemy": genuine American conservatives who are assertive in guarding US national interests.

This is a classic "united front" tactic and I believe they actually quite dislike each other, except for their common extreme hatred of W. and us "warmongering neocons".

[Avenger]

Does this mean if I interview at the CIA I should avoid mentioning that I voted for President Bush? My God, what if they find out that I blame the terrorists and not America for 9/11? Looks like my chances are shot to hell. ;-)

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

Langley has had its share of treasonous spies.

Aldrich Ames. (Did he compromise Valerie Plame?)

[expatguy]

On a few occasions I have discussed this very subject in postings on my blog - in fact I mentioned it again in a posting only a few days ago because the situation is so very bad. The post is here

The truth is that we don't have 10 years to fool around or somehow hope that in time this problem will somehow solve itself - it won't. The situation is now beyond critical.

Im going to cover some issues in the days ahead that highlight this problem - how they have in the past and are affecting us now in South and Southeast Asia.

An American Expat in Southeast Asia

[Carry_Okie]

Ping.

[Carry_Okie]

How in the hell is the CIA going to recruit enough officers to fix this mess when the universities are producing so many brainwashed leftists?

[SevenMinusOne]

The truth is that we don't have 10 years to fool around or somehow hope that in time this problem will somehow solve itself - it won't. The situation is now beyond critical.

Agreed - Which is why we need to allow the SOF community more free reign in gathering Intel especially in current war zones - And even in non-current war zones (screw the need for plausible deniability in some cases )-

[SevenMinusOne]

By the way - Loved your last blog post on the subject - Excellent analysis - (and I'm a big boxing fan to boot).

[pierrem15]

You would think the active involvement of the national security apparatus in the political process against a sitting president would bother the left.

I guess not, as long as it supports them.

[Nickey]

CIA is now actively improving situation. Why such interest in CIA structure? CIA internal affairs handles itself.

[Velveeta]

Interesting article ping.

[Sam Cree]

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[Little Ray]

So the CIA is now as bad as the Paki IIS?

[bvw]

Born today to have that to say? A strange comment it was. More malarky.

[bvw]

It is private citizens like expatguy who give us all the real intelligence we need in it's honest form. Distributed intelligence, a real web. Better than the Chinese even.

We certainly don't need "Centralized" intelligence, just by that name -- we need it distributed effectively to the point of use, to the points of decision. And what are those points -- all ex-bureau, all way outside any beltway "agency". And those points of descision and action include ALL and EACH of us.

[expatguy]

For many years I never really took an interest in such matters.

Prior to 9/11 I had information that I tried to pass off to our embassy here in Malaysia and was basically ignored. I wrote a letter in June of 2001 outlining some of the concerns I had. I never received a reply.

During the run up the Iraq war and prior to the last election, I saw deplorable situations that I have detailed in the past here at FR where members of our own government and our own intelligence agencies were willing to do anything and everything within their power to discredit the Bush administration.