Posted on 07/20/2005 6:23:03 AM PDT by Perlstein
And people wonder why the CIA has been a failure of late:
"Who is Larry Johnson? He's the author of one of the more poorly timed op-eds in history. On July 10, 2001, he wrote in the New York Times under the headline "The Declining Terrorist Threat" that "Americans have little to fear" from terrorism unless they travel or work in a few of the world's hotspots.
He added that "Early signs suggest that the decade beginning in 2000 will continue the downward trend" in terrorist activity. (He co-authored a similar piece for this page in 2000.)
A month earlier, and only three months before 9/11, Mr. Johnson told U.S. News and World Report that "Bin Laden has an international network of contacts, but it's more analogous to the Elvis Presley fan club than a corporation like General Motors."
In the same vein, current senior CIA official Paul Pillar wrote shortly before 9/11 that counterterrorism should not be viewed as a "war" we can hope to win, but more like "the effort by public-health authorities to control communicable diseases" or improve "highway safety."
Yes! Yes! You got it! Thanks!
This guy is involved in whatever is going on.
Mr. Ray McGovern, former senior Analyst and PDB Briefer, CIA
Also, as I understand it, Rove never mentioned her name, nor said anything about her being a covert CIA operative.
We know there are career CIA agents who hate Bush......that's what the Wilson thing is all about, how a Bush hating Wilson can attempt to hurt a President.
Why don't we talk about the rules of law involving "nepotism" because that's the bigger issue here!
They are commies! :-)
But I'm guessing you already knew that.
Perlstein...I remember you. Village Voice right?
He's a hardcore leftie. Hates Bush.
If that is what you are claiming, you couldn't be more wrong.
too bad. the Dems would like to make the CIA into some kind of political wing of their party, with DNC "mole" desk jockeys undermining sitting Republican presidents with media leaks and cooked up stories, and then using their "covert" status to avoid being shown for what they are.
You mean the guy that left the Agency 13 years before Plame's job became public?
No kidding! Sounds like they'd all sell out for party politics in a heartbeat.
Would explain a lot.
I mean the guy that turned over the names of covert agents to the Soviets, yes. Then her name was also included in documents that were included in a diplomatic pouch to Cuba. The CIA said that the Cubans weren't supposed to open the pouch, but they did. No big surprise there. The Peter Principle is in full exhibition at the CIA.
Hates him so much he donated money to his campaign.
No - I was referring to the former boss that's been all over the press. The one who says that Plame made a big deal out of her husband the diplomat. Despite the fact that he left the Agency eight years before Plame and Wilson met.
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