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2023-04-12 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Yes, intelligence agencies work against their own governments

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Posted by Besoeker 2023-04-12 04:40|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 What most analysts are still missing in leaked Pentagon documents case

Posted by Skidmark 2023-04-12 06:35|| 2023-04-12 06:35|| Front Page Top

#2 /\ Rogers has no credibility.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-04-12 08:00|| 2023-04-12 08:00|| Front Page Top

#3 Dunno if it's true but I used to hear that Hoover used kompromat to blackmail the people who might have otherwise driven him from office. If the House doesn't defund the FBI it would raise the suspicion that Wray has something over them.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2023-04-12 12:22|| 2023-04-12 12:22|| Front Page Top

#4 A leak of SCIF documents would have to be intensional. The intent is not likely to be financial gain as secret information is not valuable when everybody knows it. SCIF logs should lead directly to a perpetrator unless the leak was authorized like the Dobbs draft.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-04-12 12:28|| 2023-04-12 12:28|| Front Page Top

#5 Lyndon Johnson when asked why he wouldn't fire J. Edgar Hoover, "I'd rather have him on the inside pissin' out than the outside pissin' in ".

Posted by Deacon Blues 2023-04-12 19:02|| 2023-04-12 19:02|| Front Page Top

#6 Intelligence agencies working against their own government? Isn't this treasonous? Isn't that exactly what we have now? It weakens the rule of law and a constitutional government. Isn't this the epitome of a deep state or shadow government? This leads to coups and the overthrow of duly elected leaders by unelected government officials.

Posted by JohnQC 2023-04-12 22:57|| 2023-04-12 22:57|| Front Page Top

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