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Originally posted by FurvusRexCaeli
Originally posted by ignant
CIA is mostly behind creating terror plots, and CIA is not officially part of the USA at all. they are independent and answer to no government but their own.
You couldn't be more wrong. The D/CIA is appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. He reports to the DNI, who is also appointed and confirmed. The CIA is funded by Congressional appropriations and is subject to Congressional oversight. They don't do anything unless it's approved in the budget, and they don't do any covert action without a direct order from the President. Those orders are also communicated to the Congressional intelligence committees, so they have to answer for their conduct there, too. You grossly overestimate the CIA's independence.
Originally posted by Deetermined
I agree with you on how the CIA is supposed to perform, but you don't really think they're held to it do you? They operate above and around the law when they see fit.
Don't you think it's a little odd that we're not hearing about the CIA's involvement in Operation Fast & Furious? I found one little article that mentioned it. I bet we don't hear about it again.
Originally posted by Krystian
Originally posted by Bixxi3
Your suppose to write a description of the video.
Untill then no comment
LOL...human conditioning on full display...
Cmon, honestly If you have an opinion regarding the video, why wouldnt you just reply regardless of the OP's conformity or sheer ignorance to the rules.
Originally posted by gladtobehere
The dream ticket: Ron Paul / Judge Andrew Napolitano 2012.
Originally posted by Asktheanimals
Once upon a time what the Federal government is doing was called Entrapment.
So, a person would not be a victim of entrapment if the person was ready, willing and able to commit the crime charged in the indictment whenever opportunity was afforded, and that Government officers or their agents did no more than offer an opportunity.
Originally posted by FurvusRexCaeli
Regarding Operation Fast & Furious:
When the scandal first really broke, I did wonder if it might have been a cover for a Title 50 operation. But this kind of multi-agency covert action would take a lot of coordination above the Agency level, it's not the kind of thing the CIA can just do. This kind of coordination is strong evidence that the CIA is not a rogue agency. We might have a rogue President and a rogue AG and rogue oversight committees, but the Agency, at least, is following the law as interpreted by the executive branch.
It did take a lot of coordination and now all of the blame is going to ATF for wrongdoing. Why is that?
The Washington Times story is neat, but half the story hinges on an unnamed CIA "insider" . Why would a CIA whistleblower give such a big scoop to the editor of a gun blog? Not exactly Daniel Ellsberg passing documents to the Times. I'm not accusing Farrago of deception, but with such a mysterious source we must be mindful of the possibility of disinformation. It is SOP in the game to plant stories making your opponents look bad.
Except for the fact that the CIA has such a long history for doing such things.
The other half is based on and an alleged drug smuggler's defense strategy. Why should I believe a Sinaloa cartel member is telling the truth about a deal with the DEA, when I can think of half a dozen reasons for him to lie?
Won't it be interesting when we see the outcome of the case against Zambada Niebla? According to this attached article, there might be several reasons for why the CIA would lie.
"Zambada Niebla, as the US government-described “logistics coordinator” for the Sinaloa organization, is linked to alleged Sinaloa organization money-launderer Pedro Alfonso Alatorre Damy via a Gulfstream II jet (tail number N987SA) that crashed in Mexico in late 2007 with some four tons of coc aine onboard. That aircraft was allegedly purchased with Sinaloa organization drug money laundered through Alatorre Damy’s casa de cambio business and a U.S. bank. And that same aircraft was reportedly suspected of being used previously as part of the CIA’s “terrorist” rendition program and allegedly made a number of trips to Guantanamo Bay between 2003 and 2005, according to media reports and an investigation spearheaded by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. In addition, the Gulfstream II was purchased less than two weeks before it crashed in Mexico by a duo that included a U.S. government operative who allegedly had done past contract work for a variety of US law enforcement and intelligence agencies, according to a known CIA asset (Baruch Vega) who is identified as such in public court records."
narcosphere.narconews.com...
The main reason I point all of this out is because I know someone personally who claimed they were pulled into a "drug deal" while they were in the military approx. 25 years ago. This prompted me to read "Drugging America", which was shocking to say the least.edit on 14-10-2011 by Deetermined because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Drew99GT
reply to post by DieBravely
The Judge is a fairly rouge journalist.
Originally posted by Drew99GT
Judge Napolitano going extreme rouge!
The judge is probably more correct on this issue then he is wrong, but still, he makes some heavy accusations that need to be heavily backed up with more the hearsay.
Edit: Evidence, not hearsay.edit on 14-10-2011 by arcnaver because: (no reason given)