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In reply to the discussion: Journalist Risen: 'Mercenary Class' Now Permanent Fixture in National Security State [View all]H2O Man
(77,606 posts)43. While I can't
speak about Gerth, I can about the infamous Ms. Miller. She was a solid example of an intelligence asset, working under the cover of journalism. Her intent was to print misinformation, in a manner that the White House and OVP were able to coordinate their campaign of lies with.
I've often wondered if she felt betrayed, in that no one faked "finding" evidence of WMD programs. I suspect that she figured the boys would provide cover for her many purposeful lies.
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Journalist Risen: 'Mercenary Class' Now Permanent Fixture in National Security State [View all]
Octafish
Oct 2014
OP
T Roosevelt, Truman, and Eisenhower all tried to rid the country of the post-war war machine
librechik
Oct 2014
#25
And don't forget how former Booz Allen CEO is now the lying head of the NSA. Conflict of interest
sabrina 1
Oct 2014
#58
Forgot to mention: Cheney spearheaded the privatization of Pentagon profits for BFEE
Octafish
Oct 2014
#76
It is truly sickening. It is obvious to anyone now that the wars they drag this country into
sabrina 1
Oct 2014
#82
They hate the new Iphone. We aren't supposed to have anything that can keep them from searching us.
L0oniX
Oct 2014
#39
Remember when Blackwater threatened to kill State Department inspector in Iraq? RISEN told us...
Octafish
Oct 2014
#15
The prolongation of the mercenary class/top secret everything is deeply troubling to me.
democrank
Oct 2014
#20
this is actually the point where we need POTUS to fulfill the promise of transparency
nashville_brook
Oct 2014
#40
I think you missed the point here. It appears that Pres Obama doesn't have the power
rhett o rick
Oct 2014
#51
True and before a single shot is fired, somebody's got to pay. Just don't ask for an accounting...
Octafish
Oct 2014
#87
The fact that they can keep files locked for 50 years says a lot about how little we are allowed to
liberal_at_heart
Oct 2014
#27
Which would explain why Gov. Don Siegelman's in prison and George W Bush is not.
Octafish
Oct 2014
#50
In general, the Founding Fathers did not even want us to have a standing army,
JDPriestly
Oct 2014
#32
"a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design"
johnnyreb
Oct 2014
#42
With US-led air strikes on ISIS intensifying, it’s a good time to be an arms giant
Octafish
Oct 2014
#77
''Money trumps peace.'' -- appointed pretzeldent George Walker Bush, Feb. 14, 2007
Octafish
Oct 2014
#69
War is here to stay. Too much PROFIT to be had. And, yeah, we'll all be starving penniless in the
blkmusclmachine
Oct 2014
#61
Yet the Democratic Party resists any attempt to bring these toxic agencies under control. eom
whereisjustice
Oct 2014
#65
"But some have seen this national security crisis as a financial opportunity, Risen said."
suffragette
Oct 2014
#84