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Where were these guys when newly elected President Clinton purged 100% of the Federal Prosecutors upon taking office? |
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ACK!
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What's the problem? The CIA works for the President. If I undermined my boss at every turn, I'd be fired also. There's a difference between disagreeing with the President and undermining the President.
Besides, I thought everyone agreed the CIA was incompetent and needed a good cleaning and shakeup? How fast that sentiment went away on the left... |
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Shark
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The last time it happened was the last time one party controlled both houses of Congress (and not with a bare 50) and the Presidency. And what do you know, the time before that, with the Church Commission, was in 1976, also the last time one party controlled everything.
The CIA, like any bureaucracy, looks out for itself, and is adept at playing the parties against each other. At the same time, the President and Congress eternally seek to control the CIA. |
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John Thacker
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You know, someday there will be a Democratic president again. Oh, the fun we will have, trolling through these guys' archives. |
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Crank
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After 9-11, after the intel on Iraq...
The CIA should be shut down completely...
Only good for giving S. Hersch some pathetic conspiracy theories... |
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william
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In 1976 one party controlled everything? |
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One of my major complaints with Bush is that he didn't shake up those serious underperformers - CIA, FBI, and the State Dept - and throw the professional featherbedders out.
They're part of the Executive Dept and the proper functioning of those bureaus and departments is the Executive's responsibility.
Finally he's getting around to it. |
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levsha
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In 1976 one party controlled everything?
Actually, that should be 1977. Carter took office in January that year, and the Democrats controlled both houses of Congress his entire term. |
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Steverino
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Interesting perspective; however, the MOST interesting thing is that Oliver Willis still has a blog site. Is Soros still writing checks to these untalented ideologues? |
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D Carter
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State Dept should be next....the striped pants crowd forget who they too easily |
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Shark
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could you pick a less credible source? From the boston globe, March 21, 1994:
HEADLINE: Conservatives hitting hard at Clinton policies
Even in a town where the technique of choice in partisan combat is bare-knuckle, Frank Gaffney stands out as a political street fighter extraordinaire.
Perched on the edge of Georgetown in the Center for Security Policy, an ultraconservative think tank he founded five years ago, Gaffney is waging guerrilla war against President Clinton's foreign policy. Like others in a new breed of organized, well-funded GOP hit men, Gaffney has been drawing blood.
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Gaffney has that passion, although he operates with more finesse than Brown. A fervent Cold Warrior forced out of the Pentagon during the Reagan years because of his strong opposition to arms control and his unrelenting hostility toward the Soviet Union, Gaffney likes to target nominees to national security positions.
His weapon of choice is the fax machine. In fact, Gaffney's acerbic faxes - sent out two or three times a week to more than 1,000 members of Congress, journalists and administration officials - are widely called "the fax attacks" inside the beltway. Both admirers and critics of Gaffney say his methods are effective.
So could we hear about this story from someone who is not a "well-funded GOP hit man"?
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frankie-five-fingers
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That the same Boston Globe that published pix from a porn site and claimed they were from abu Ghraib? What was that about a credible source?
As a former Asst. Sec. of Defense, Frank Gaffney can hardly be described as a GOP hit man. |
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ronnie schreiber
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Exactly how does being a GOP Asst. Sec. of Defense disqualify one from being a GOP hit man? |
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Chris
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It doesn't really.
It doesn't really.
It doesn't really.
It doesn't really.
It doesn-- oh wait, I think that answered all four questions. |
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Matt
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Yes, of course, 1977. Silly stupid mistake by me. |
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John Thacker
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...except that Bush is demanding political rigidity here. Its not just a standard issue DC shakeup. Its getting back at the people who tried to tell him there werent real reasons to invade Iraq. Bush declares war on the facts. Again.
Yeah, and couldn't the Clinton reform be put in the same light? I mean if Clinton felt the CIA was working against him then of course he is going to want to change the agency to stop that. Anybody would want to do that, a business person, a President, a school principle, etc.
There is nothing shocking by the shake up in and of itself. Now if the plan is to implement mere yes-men and people who will subordinate their analysis to the preferred direction of policy the Left would have a stronger case. The only problem is they aren't providing any such evidence. |
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Steve
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Bush still believes Saddam's Weapons of Mass Destruction threaten the world, that capturing Osama Bin Laden first shouldn't be a priority, and that brute force can crush Islamic radicals. That's why he fired those CIA dudes. Also, he wants terrorism to increase -- it helps the Republican empire! |
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I'm delighted to see the left defending the CIA. It's still amazing to watch them turn on a dime, but I'm getting used to it. |
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Doug
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It's all good for the CIA to present internal briefings that question an Administration policy.
It's a whole nother thing to, as an official agency policy, leak classified information at politically opportune times solely to damage your own boss. CIA (and State) have been publicly opposing the Adminstration for years now. What those bureaucrats fail to realize is, THEY do not make policy. The elected administration -- BushII or Clinton -- is supposed to make policy; the agencies are to advise.
Bush's CIA (and State) have been trying to make policy: when their views were not rubberstamped, they went to the press in order to apply political pressure -- to their own boss -- to force him to change his policy.
That's bad news. If the American people want a different policy, elect a different president. It's not up to these bureaucrats -- and if said bureaucrats don't realize that, then they SHOULD be fired. |
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Eric puked:
"Bush still believes Saddam's Weapons of Mass Destruction threaten the world, that capturing Osama Bin Laden first shouldn't be a priority, and that brute force can crush Islamic radicals. That's why he fired those CIA dudes."
WOW!! Not only are the Dum's brilliant and full of savvy, they're mind-readers, too.
We gotta get some of them!
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Sharpshooter
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i hope goss gets rid of the moles.
and that condi gets rid of the arabists st state. |
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daniel
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Principal, not principle. S/he's your princi-pal, remember?
Sorry to make such a trivial remark, but it's either that or wonder out loud if this whole Bush/Gore 2000 thing might not have been political theater that was planned out from the beginning. You know, a good cop/bad cop performance in order to overthrow the Constitution and put big business in charge of the government.
Eric, step away from the toilet! It's my turn to rolf.
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