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2005-12-11 Home Front: WoT

Ciao, CIA. Your'e FUBAR. Time to start over.

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Posted by Thenter Snans5922 2005-12-11 16:11|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 it missed the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Islamic revolution in Iran, the warning signs of 9/11 and Saddam's WMD -- that's not the way to bet.

ouch.

Posted by 2b 2005-12-11 21:29|| 2005-12-11 21:29|| Front Page Top

#2 Reporters for ABC, The New York Times and The Washington Post didn't have to do even the minimal legwork Mr. Laurin did to out the CIA's clandestine "rendition" program. It was handed to them by "current and former intelligence officials."

Maybe Alberto Gonzales can shift some of his underlings from the porn detail to something a little more important....

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-12-11 21:55|| 2005-12-11 21:55|| Front Page Top

#3 "muscle-bound bureaucratization, combined with the failure of the press ...

"For almost a decade now the CIA put a low priority on recruiting human sources abroad,... CIA was more concerned about being politically correct."

Nothing new to Rantburger's readers. You've been hearing this from me for quite some time.

About time the traditional press started looking HARD at this - and their complete failure to be the "fourth branch" of government. Instead the press were too busy bashing Bush and fighting conservatives and pushing their own leftist views, to the detriment of the nation.

Posted by Oldspook 2005-12-11 23:18|| 2005-12-11 23:18|| Front Page Top

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