>>Without the all knowing 'Karnack' (CIA/NSA), the rest of the world are potted plants....right?
Thanks for introducing me to your friend the strawman. I hear he hasn't got a brain, so, no doubt his contributions to this conversation will be limited.
>>Life isn't a 90 western where the good guys always win.
I know. If you want to win, you have to work at it.
>>Even if the CIA and NSA shared their technology with the British, I don't think the judge's ruling would have compromised it.
They didn't share their technology, they shared their intelligence. So failing to gather the intelligence in the first place, self-evidently, WOULD have compromised the operation.
Of course, the intelligence came from several sources, so it is entirely possible that even without this part of the picture the plot would still have been foiled. Since we don't know the full extent of the intelligence, or how it was gathered, we have no idea one way or the other.
One thing we DO know, though. Taking one valuable source out of the equation can't possibly help. It can only hinder.
I believe this is an intentional hinder. The left is engaged in a turf war.
The left wants all "conflict" to be judicial. If Ronald Reagan had left it to the state department, we would STILL be in the cold war.
Remember Carter is the traitor who pushed the Salt II treaty to neuter the USA. (despite the fact the soviets violated all treaties)
Police action vs war.
"Of course, the intelligence came from several sources, so it is entirely possible that even without this part of the picture the plot would still have been foiled. Since we don't know the full extent of the intelligence, or how it was gathered, we have no idea one way or the other.
See? Now that wasn't hard, was it??