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2012-03-08 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by Besoeker 2012-03-08 01:55|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 First stone tools, now Mayors. What will they think of next?

Posted by Eric Jablow 2012-03-08 07:20|| 2012-03-08 07:20|| Front Page Top

#2 Just because you're a conspiracy theorist doesn't mean your stopped watch isn't still right twice a day.

In particular, they noted the extensive connections between Obama's family and the CIA, which of course they assumed was nefarious.

But what if it isn't? That is, the US has had several presidents that were formerly military, and one who had been head of the CIA. There really shouldn't be any reservations about a former agent, or someone from a CIA-associated family, running for president.

However, if one such person has their background intentionally, and expensively, garbled by the CIA, this does become somewhat problematic, because the public does have a "need to know" what the *real* background of its elected officials is.

I suspect that some bad judgment was involved, based on the possibly correct assumption that Americans would not elect someone with a deep, known and functional agency role, as distinguished from an appointed and political role, with the intelligence community.

So in future, if the CIA wants to pull another stunt like this, or allow one to happen, it needs to do so as if it was a separate political party, at first only fielding candidates for public office who are known for their moderation and inoffensiveness *after* they have left behind all association with the agency.

Running a candidate for US senate, and then POTUS, or *allowing* them to run, as if it was a covert operation, is a serious no-no, and the CIA should be chastised for doing it. It presents a major conflict of interest and a corruption of the system.

Whether or not a punishment is inflicted to the agency for doing this is of little concern. They did it and got away with it. Once. That is enough. If they ever try this stunt again it should be regarded as an anti-American act, and they should be severely criminally punished.

Posted by Anonymoose 2012-03-08 08:24|| 2012-03-08 08:24|| Front Page Top

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