Reading all this classified information smeared all over the networks and the papers, I have this awful feeling we are heading toward a "Frank Church Hearing" in the spring where once again the liberals will disembowel our intelligence apparatus.
But I will say one thing: something is REALLY wrong at the CIA.
You could be right about those hearings; I don't know what the answer is to stop them.
Think how much easier it was to work in an intelligence agency during the Clinton years. Even if your analysis was wrong, no worries because it's not like anything was actually going to be DONE with the analysis. Nothing like start a little war over it.
And they've gotten fat and lazy and must really hate the challenges presented in light of 9/11 and the Bush administration.
People just won't wake up, until there is a catastrophic attack on the US.
After 9-11 the battle cry was "intelligence failure", so now the liberals and libertarians join hands in making it impossible to catch the terrorists or even find out what they are planning, until we will have the "Mother of all intelligence failures".
I don't understand why people are so anxious to protect the rights of people to conspire with terrorists.
here is an excellent editorial:
I Spy: Terrorists at Work
http://capitolhilljournal.com/art000000034.html
"Civil liberties are important, you’ll get no argument here to the
contrary. However, what good are civil liberties when our
country is under constant threat of an unknown attack, when we
can no longer feel safe going to the grocery store? Crossing
the Golden Gate Bridge? Flying cross-country? Eating,
drinking our food? Turning a blind eye to possible terrorist
planning makes all of these activities high risk. We become
prisoners, civil and liberated yet afraid to leave our homes.
Forewarned is forearmed. Spying gives us valuable knowledge
about possible terrorist planning and activities. We can use
that knowledge to protect American lives, and continue to fight
against terrorism. To suggest we curtail spying to protect our
civil liberties is nothing more than liberal propaganda that will, in
the end, cost us more innocent American lives. There is
nothing noble about that."
You may be right and if so, I guaran-damn-tee you that Hillary is orchestrating it. I'm holding my breath until the Alito hearings are over. The dems would prefer to set their own hair (read country) on fire than get another conservative on the court, and they will do ANYTHING to prevent it from happening.
But I will say one thing: something is REALLY wrong at the CIA.
Yes, and I don't understand why this administration hasn't yet ferreted out the traitors and do some wholesale firing. Why do you suppose that is?
That is what is most disturbing.