NSA bosses feared releasing Gulf of Tonkin intel would draw ''uncomfortable comparisons'' with Iraq

[felix_numinous]

7. God forbid the NSA is 'uncomfortable'

-it takes courage to admit ones errors, but once done, we rediscover our humanity. Once we admit and face our own fallibility we actually become MORE secure, and much stronger.

It is a paradox, and counter intuitive to admit our mistakes. But this is where we are at, a crossroads where we have a choice NOT to take the same path as last time expecting different results.

This is why the archetype of the vampire casts no image in a mirror, he is a parasite thriving off the life blood of others who cannot tolerate self reflection. It is a state of being, a type of disease, of complete denial and belief in the right to exist apart from society where law and order do not apply... Not that the NSA/intelligence community are vampires or parasites, but to say that this archetypal principle applies to this BEHAVIOR, existing in the collective shadow, able to see you and wishing to be invisible and nameless themselves. No Such Agency.

Interesting this archetype has become so popular--it is evidence of an awareness in the collective unconscious that this behavior is being witnessed. But this awareness must come into the light and be dealt with, no healthy society has so many secrets, and delegates so much power--and money--to people they have no access to, while having their life blood sucked right out of them. (I was not going to add the bit about being hypnotized too, but there you have it)

Thanks Octafish, you shine light where it is most needed--the most uncomfortable truths are uncomfortable because they need to be changed.