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2009-04-23 Home Front: WoT

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Posted by Steve White 2009-04-23 09:40|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 "We have here a situation in which patriots are being treated like traitors--while people who have done the country more harm than many traitors are being treated like patriots."

The same could be said about the entire CIA memo debacle going on right now.

Posted by eltoroverde 2009-04-23 11:36|| 2009-04-23 11:36|| Front Page Top

#2 These anti-Israel elements responded with what spy types call a "mole hunt"

Normally when the G-Men are tasked with ferreting out spies its called Counterespionage. But this operation was clearly run by anti-Israel elements. And we dont need our decoder rings to figure out what that means do we?

Lacking the clout to move the information himself, he [Franklin] decided to do what frustrated officials often do: He leaked it.

Yes, poor Larry was the simple middle manager type. And, motivated purely by virtue of patriotism, had no other choice but to leak classified intelligence to a foreign entity. Yes, technically, one might conclude that this is traditional spy-craft. But, given the circumstances, whats a loyal citizen supposed to do?

of course, the anti-Franklin prosecutors were convinced that Washington was half-filled with Israeli agents.

Can you believe it? The paranoia had reached such a fever pitch that the prosecutors had actually turned against the guy they were trying to convict.

The two, Steve Rosen and Kenneth Weissman, shared Franklin's information with journalists, colleagues, and the Israeli embassy.

Heywhats wrong with passing a little classified intelligence to the press, some coworkers, and maybe a foreign entity? Especially when that information will jolt an unwilling bureaucracy into action.
Damn you bureaucracies!

Posted by DepotGuy 2009-04-23 12:26|| 2009-04-23 12:26|| Front Page Top

#3 Dunno. I read an earlier article on this which stated that the tapes had a conversation where she agreed to "see what she could do" for the spies in return for assistance in getting the Chairmanship and that this "discussion never occured".

Don't know if that's true or not - just selling it like I bought it. But if true, I don't have a lot of sympathy for her.

If true, since Pelosi was aware of the tapes, it might explain why Pelosi was so dead set against giving Harman the chaiman ship, tho; the Madam of House's final choice really sucked.

Posted by Jeremiah Elmeasing1631 2009-04-23 18:04|| 2009-04-23 18:04|| Front Page Top

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