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Karzai dismissed questions about why such money, not in state coffers, was needed for what he described as government expenses.
"This is the choice of the American government," he said.
“I'm not talking generally, I'm talking specifically about Benghazi -- that people have been threatened,” Toensing told Fox News on Wednesday. “And not just the State Department; people have been threatened at the CIA. ... It's frightening. ...They're taking career people and making them well aware that their careers will be over.”
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Originally posted by gladtobehere
It was fascinating to see how both sides, the Left (CNN etc) and the Right (Fox), attacked Ron Paul for wanting to close our foreign military bases and bring our troops home.
It was then that I realized that the US is not allowed to have an anti-war candidate as far as the establishment or media is concerned.
Operation MOCKINGBIRD — The CIA begins recruiting American news organizations and journalists to become spies and disseminators of propaganda. The effort is headed by Frank Wisner, Allan Dulles, Richard Helms and Philip Graham. Graham is publisher of The Washington Post, which becomes a major CIA player. Eventually, the CIA’s media assets will include ABC, NBC, CBS, Time, Newsweek, Associated Press, United Press International, Reuters, Hearst Newspapers, Scripps-Howard, Copley News Service and more. By the CIA’s own admission, at least 25 organizations and 400 journalists will become CIA assets.
Originally posted by lynxpilot
I'm pretty much on a rail against even having the CIA.
Kennedy was right. Splinter them into a thousand pieces and throw them to the wind.
Originally posted by EricR
Originally posted by lynxpilot
I'm pretty much on a rail against even having the CIA.
Kennedy was right. Splinter them into a thousand pieces and throw them to the wind.
Agreed.
The CIA was created in the National Security Act of 1947. This law looks like it was purpose built to overthrow the US Government. The only thing more tragic than the creation of the CIA was the creation of the "National Security Council" in the same law. It's the worst joke on us since the Federal Reserve was rubber stamped into existence in 1913.
Originally posted by Hopechest
Originally posted by EricR
Originally posted by lynxpilot
I'm pretty much on a rail against even having the CIA.
Kennedy was right. Splinter them into a thousand pieces and throw them to the wind.
Agreed.
The CIA was created in the National Security Act of 1947. This law looks like it was purpose built to overthrow the US Government. The only thing more tragic than the creation of the CIA was the creation of the "National Security Council" in the same law. It's the worst joke on us since the Federal Reserve was rubber stamped into existence in 1913.
That's rather silly don't you think?
You don't believe the President should ever be advised on matters of security or have input from people?
You know that the President gets to pick who is on the council with the exception of a few mainstayers. He certainly doesn't have to take their advice however.
And the CIA does quite a bit more than "run drugs" as many people think. Their intelligence gathering, of which the President often uses, is second to none. Do you not think the President should have access to the most up to date information when making national decisions?
People who criticize the CIA really have no clue of all the different types of work they do. Guess how many Soviet scientists and important people they were responsible for getting out from behind the Iron Curtain.
The list is endless of the good things they are used for. Sure they do bad stuff also but that doesn't mean the whole organization should be scrapped. Its a covert world and they often have to deal with things in an "unofficial" way, its just the nature of the business.