Reply #15: Recall what happened to Carter when he openly tried to clear out the Old Boys. Obama has learned [View All]

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from that example and may be applying the tenet (no pun intended) of Lao Tzu: "Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer."

I think there's going to be a generalized review of intelligence and DoD policy next year. What's going on now is not a real indicator of the changes that are surely coming.

These are interim measures, designed to minimize the risk that insiders will again try to sabotage the incoming Administration, as was carried out so effectively by G.H.W. against Carter, Admiral Turner, and the Church/Pike Congressional committees. I believe Obama's aides and advisors aren't so naive as to allow that to happen again.