Posted on 07/09/2006 10:41:27 PM PDT by FairOpinion
Excellent chart "connecting the dots".
"Now if someone would just do something about it!"
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BINGO. And therein lies the problem.
The hat tip for the chart goes to Grampadave.
Thanks. -- OK. Great chart, Grampa Dave! :)
one enhancement for your great graphic...
The heart icon needs to be in every photo (and two in the Plame/Wilson photo).
Because each of these cats is in love with themselves.
We are weary of so called republicans criticizing the president when they should be outraged by the media.
This media bs has been going full bore since the mid 1960's. I'm surprised that some of the Bush haters on Free Republic don't try to blame that on GW. Hell he could have stopped it when he was in highshool and didn't.
Quit bitching about our president and aiding those who want to destroy America.
fyi
The State Department is a lost cause and, infact, seems to infect anyone who goes there to work. CIA seems not far behind that group.
http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/ci_4033701
The funniest part of all this is, if you look at the history, the CIA was created specifically to 'solve' the problem of politicized intelligence.
It seems that Truman was distressed that he would get conflicting reports from State and Defense (and everyone else), all of them describing the situation from their own point of view (much like the fable of the blind men and the elephant).
He wanted a single agency to collect raw, unfiltered data.
While that is a noble goal, I doubt that it can really happen (at least, not for longer than four years, and most likely not longer than two).
He was already disgusted with his creation less than twenty years after he signed it into existance.
How do I know? Cause I have a copy of his op-ed from December 1963 where he wishes aloud that he could un-sign their charter (because they started going into black ops instead of just collecting intelligence).
I suspect that the timing of this op-ed has something to do with events the previous month, but that is merely noticing the timing, not anything concrete.
I would be happy to post it here, but I only know how to reply so far, and I am not sure whether protocol would be that I put it here in a reply, or start its own thread.
In the interim, just look for it on google. Search for: "The Washington Post December 22, 1963 - page A11"
Posting is easy, but first check to see the rules for the particular source you are coming from... some require you do not excerpt any of the article, just a link, others like Front Page you can post the whole article.
Link?
It was, or he wouldn't have taken the job.
and Steve Kappas really did quit when Goss was appointed
Uh, your timeline is messed up. He was essentially fired after he refused to fire an insubordinate hack who was manifestly over the line. He instead had "offered his resignation, not expecting it to be accepted. It was."
AND he quit because he was finding new ways to politicize the CIA, WHY is the administration putting him up as the deputy?
You tell me. Looks like a total cave-in by W
Just to be certain, here is just a link. It says it is copyright 1963 by Truman, but it isn't from the Washington Post. At least it's their headache:
http://pvnm.com/hst
thanks.
bttt
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