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2004-02-19

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Posted by GK 2004-02-19 6:09:08 AM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Nothing new here. G2 has always had a spot on all teams. Just expanding their breadth and scope and getting into more strategic decisions on who, what, when, where.

Posted by Jack is Back! 2004-2-19 7:06:56 AM|| 2004-2-19 7:06:56 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Once you tell them they're officially spys, don't issue them a credit card for expenses, that strategy worked badly for the French.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-2-19 8:01:25 AM|| 2004-2-19 8:01:25 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Mission creep?

As long as the chief of spy training doesn't turn his coat *cough* Aldritch Ames *cough* they should do OK, I guess.

Posted by gromky 2004-2-19 8:40:02 AM|| 2004-2-19 8:40:02 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 But does this directly infringe on CIA's turf. Government agency's can keep a pissing contest going for decades.

Posted by Raptor 2004-2-19 9:12:08 AM|| 2004-2-19 9:12:08 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 I'd say the CIA is in a particularly weak position to argue, given all but a few isolated successes lately

Posted by Frank G 2004-2-19 10:00:00 AM|| 2004-2-19 10:00:00 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Great. Rumsfeld resolutely maintains that we need no increase in our military manning. So he adds yet another duty to the portfolio of jobs for the existing SF to accomplish. That's why we have engineering and artillery performing infantry combat in Irag. The bottom line is that we have more to do militarily and we need more military folds to do them.

Posted by Highlander 2004-2-19 12:39:22 PM|| 2004-2-19 12:39:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 I just finished mulling this one over and have come to a different conclusion on the point of this additional school - per diem savings. The Navy generally keeps schools operational on either coast to save on travel exspences. All the major schools are in Norfolk and San Diego so that no per diem is paid to attendees who are home-ported on those two mega-bases. The school will probably pay for itself in one or several years.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-2-19 1:18:45 PM|| 2004-2-19 1:18:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Barry Sadler joins MoveOn.org and hits the bat for Deano.

Posted by Shipman 2004-2-19 4:11:15 PM|| 2004-2-19 4:11:15 PM|| Front Page Top

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