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Originally posted by antonia
I do not need to tell you any of my experience as it's not relevant to the topic at hand. I was at one time a member of a TV journalism crew. If you were not a member of the CIA you are simply relaying the actions/statements of people you knew were in the CIA. That's fine, but that's still second hand by definition. You cannot presume to know the actions/ages/mindset of the entire intelligence sector of this country simply because you knew some people in it. That would be like me saying I know how all TV field reporters do their jobs because I worked with one. I don't know and I'm not gonna pretend I know. I know how the one I worked with operated and that's it. This reporter who wrote the story obviously did some work to get that information and found something that lead him to believe that otherwise he wouldn't have published it. Furthermore, the CIA is not going to admit they had them do it. Even if they had ID it does not absolve them of breaking and entering so this whole "They didn't have ID" bit is silly.
Originally posted by rcwj1975
So its ok for you to say YOU know better because you "reported" on things, but my working side by side with them is "second hand"...
And I think we all know the CIA will never "claim" to know these guys, but again as much as you want to dismiss it and call it silly, the ID's is one of the BIGGEST "clues" that the CIA didn't have their hands in this....again IMO
[edit on 2/1/2010 by rcwj1975]
Originally posted by VitriolAndAngst
The bigger question is:
Why is the CIA and the Mossad have such a connection to Fox News? This is the same group that did a hit piece on ACORN.
Originally posted by rcwj1975
Originally posted by antonia
Furthermore many CIA assets are not "Core" agents". They can actually be refereed to as "non-employees" and still receive a paycheck from the CIA.
I am not jumping the gun on this...I am speaking from EXPERIANCE with having worked with and around REAL operatives in 2 different theaters. I have seen what they can do, what they DON'T do, etc...and these guys are NOT operatives or assets. You truly have to understand what an asset does for the CIA. Take everything you seen from Hollywood and flush it. Yeah they use assets to "take people out" but it's safe to say 90% of your assets are secretaries, janitors, businessmen, wives, etc....used to simply feed info, NOT go covert and try to go into a Federal Building during the day WITHOUT proper identification, etc....NO SPOOK is going to enter that building without an ID and verification so when someone does check...it all checks out....not oops..we left it in the truck as these 2 said.
Originally posted by antonia
I did know an agent who was 22 years old. He was recruited after leaving the army. That's not at all uncommon these days. I've been told of younger recruits.
Again, ID's don't absolve you of a crime. The CIA is not allowed to operate domestically. By your logic, if the "plumbers" had been given ID's then Watergate never would have occurred. Of course it would have still happened and the agency that ordered the break in would be in hot water. You do not break into a senators office no matter what agency you are in and you certainly do not give them information that would lead someone back to your agency. The FBI can certainly monitor the offices of officials but this is not a "break-in" and they have to posses a warrant to do so. Most of the time you don't even need to break in and plant anything. Phone taping is a matter of calling the company and a cell phone mic can be turned on to listen to conversations.
Originally posted by rcwj1975
Recruited....YES...no doubt, assigned field operations, I don't think so. They recruit all ages for various reasons, but I am again focusing on this incident which would be "covert" in nature and that is not going to happen IMO with people this young...
It has NOTHING to do with absolving anything...it has to do with preperation and carrying out a COVERT action on American soil. Meaning, a REAL spook knows he is operating domestically and would not "forget" his credentials in the truck on an OP that could find him guilty of treason. The FBI may not have the same interest in this office as someone from Langly...and sure they COULD easily go through NSA channels and listen in on anything they wanted, but IF the CIA was involved they aren't going to let the FBI, NSA, and others know...not very covert if you tell a few other people your plans. Bottom line...I still think this is 4 college grads still having a hard on for politics and thinking they could get dirt, help someone, do the "investigative reporting" thing, etc....but they failed and got caught... thats it...
Originally posted by antonia
The CIA is not allowed to operate domestically. You are forgetting that one very important point. You can flip all the badges you want but that would still be illegal.
Originally posted by rcwj1975
Originally posted by mikelee
Kinda exposes the spooks among us uh?
No it exposes guys who weren't prepared to finish a task they decided to try, and got caught! No spooks here...young guys who wrote in newspapers and may have family members who are friends with REAL spooks...sure...thats about all this is. But I am sure they will play the political side of it all and mommy and daddy will get involved and it will be a pissing contest, whoa is me BS....
Now they have something to write about though...
At 24 years old...these idiots were NOT CIA opratives...they were 4 college grads who are neck deep into the BS we call politics and they thought they were clever enough to pull this off...and obviously were not. Apparently they wanted to take their newspaper skills to the level of spiderman and lost.
Originally posted by TrainDispatcher
I am only writing this to bump it back up...
4 flags and no replies.
That is one interesting story and thanks for the link.
Originally posted by rcwj1975
At 24 years old...these idiots were NOT CIA opratives...they were 4 college grads...
Originally posted by rcwj1975
REAL CIA operatives operate worldwide and in the states and DO NOT get caught. Understand that...they DO NOT get caught...sure some people/cops/agents my catch them in the act, but they DO NOT get caught at ANY cost...i hope your all understanding that.
Originally posted by shadowkhas
I'm going to have to agree with rcwj1975's reasoning here.
If they were true agents that wanted to do something, they wouldn't have been caught.