[Wiz]

What a piece of crap full of anti-Americanism! This is no different from criticizing our troops sacrificing lives in Iraq and Afghanistan! We should never forget the contributions and sacrifice CIA did for the war on terrorism, and the sacrifice of Johnny Spann for his contributions in Afghanistan. People like leftist Phillip Agee are nothing but traitors in the CIA. Who were the traitors that criticized CIA's waterboarding against terrorists? CIA was rather annoyed with Bill Clinton on his stance on China, which CIA was unable to engage in certain operations against China. This crap is nothing but conspiracy trying to destroy our intelligence against threats such as China, and makes me really sick of this damn anti-Americanism. This is nothing but another Pelosi's war! If CIA was leftists, why would the liberals slam on CIA for the waterboarding in the first place?

[Richard Poe]

Wiz writes: "What a piece of crap full of anti-Americanism! ... This crap is nothing but conspiracy trying to destroy our intelligence against threats such as China, and makes me really sick of this damn anti-Americanism."

If you believe that any of the facts I have presented are false, please present your evidence.

As for Bill Clinton, it may or may not be true that some people in the CIA opposed his China policy. I don't know about that. However, the people who mattered at the CIA -- the decisionmakers -- most definitely supported Clinton's policy and actively assisted him in carrying it out.

Here's an excerpt from a 1999 column I wrote titled "Chinagate: The Third-Way Scandal":

"According to The Year of the Rat by Edward Timperlake and William C. Triplett, the top contributors to the 1992 Clinton campaign were Chinese agents. In 1996, the leading Clinton donors were U.S. defense contractors doing business with Chinese missile manufacturers.

"Where was the CIA in all this? Right in the thick of it. According to the Cox Report, Congressional investigators sought the CIA’s help in probing Hughes Electronics for leaking missile technology to the Chinese.

"But instead of helping, the CIA tipped off Hughes about the probe. It revealed the names of employees slated to be interviewed and told the company what questions they would likely be asked.

"On another occasion, a CIA scientist named Ronald Pandolfi raised the alarm that Hughes might be leaking missile secrets. The CIA killed his report, according to The New York Times (December 7, 1998)."