[Jorge]

So blind faith in the government is akin in going to a doctor ? I think not.

Is going to the Doctor to get antibiotics when you have an infection "blind faith" in Doctors?

I was addressing the flakey holy roller notion that we are not to trust the Department of Defense to actually defend us when enemies attack us.

[lawdog]

Combining a law enforcement function with intelligence services is risky business and is fraught with the potential to supress the very liberty it seeks to protect.The CIA did not have "domestic powers" for a reason.There is no legitimate reason that these two agencies could not have "communicated" more effectively prior top 9-11.

[lawdog]

Combining a law enforcement function with intelligence services is risky business and is fraught with the potential to supress the very liberty it seeks to protect.The CIA did not have "domestic powers" for a reason.There is no legitimate reason that these two agencies could not have "communicated" more effectively prior to 9-11.