Posted on 12/11/2005 6:15:43 PM PST by Stoat
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Considering that we are at war against an enemy without a country, without a uniform and without any interest in any rules of war or standards of decency but passionately invested in a seething hatred for us and our way of life that will only be quenched by our deaths, I would wish to suggest that intelligence is one of our most valuable and essential weapons in this war. Anything that could conceivably compromise intelligence services needs to be avoided. This effort at 'openness' is apparently an effort to placate critics, but it seems that many of the 'critics' are on the other side in this conflict.
You are right.
If there is one thing an agency like M15 does NOT need, it is "openness."
In the intelligence communities, I have never know that "openness" was a virtue.
I think that you are looking at a country (UK) that is destructing itself from the inside. Scary part is, we'd be fools to think that we have another 229 years to do the same.
With the leaky seive (sp?) that the CIA seems to be and that it seems jam-packed with leftist America haters with a penchant for being traitors, we probably have just as much (if not more) to be worried about.
Good grief! Some of these former heads are still alive, and therefore vulnerable, thatks to some idiots idea of "openness."
Well, their 7th Director [photo at the source] had the most memorable elephant ears - thus he must have been extremely easily recognizable. How would such an appearance square with his long clandestine service before he became a director?
True. Our dear British Friends deserve better. Unlike so many other peoples, they have shown such courage, forbearance, honor and gutsiness in times of battle or strife that it sickens me that such gains are in danger of being intentionally thrown away.
With the leaky seive (sp?) that the CIA seems to be and that it seems jam-packed with leftist America haters with a penchant for being traitors, we probably have just as much (if not more) to be worried about.
All too true, unfortunately. may God help us all....our 'leaders' quite often will not. If we are so unlucky as to get another Clinton-like treasonous pig in a White House of the future, we could be subjected to a near complete dismantling of what we have left of our intelligence infrastructure.
Also, any damages done to Great Britain's services directly affect us as well, because I'm sure that there are numerous interlinking relationships.
My great hope is that these are all fake names and this 'openness' initiative is all a cunning plan to send the Syrians and Iranians scurrying off into dead ends.
My great hope is that these are all fake names and this 'openness' initiative is merely a cunning plan designed to send the Syrian, Iranian and North Korean secret police scurrying off into dead ends.
If not, I am curious then what is the definition of treason?
It seems to have changed quite a bit over the past very few years. Divulging a person's secret identity used to be grounds for execution, particularly in times of war, if my memory serves.
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