Reply #6: excellent summarization of a pivotal point in US history. [View All]

[Gabi Hayes]

let's get the tinfoil part out of the way from the beginning: why do you think Colby 'fell' out of his boat? how convenient that it opened the door for poppy to take over CIA and use OUTSIDE 'talent' to usurp the clearly defined duties of already extant government employees whose JOB it was to do what these warmonger did in their place. Team B was the original OSP...it's that simple.

BTW, see Liberty Under Seige, by Walter Karp, for the role the CFPD in destroying the Carter Presidency for the getgo. his very first nomination (Ted Sorenson, to DCIA), was not even allowed a FLOOR VOTE in the 61-39 Dem Senate because of the
'outrage' generated by the CFPD and transmitted through the Senate by the likes of DINO Scoop Jackson. Carter couldn't even get a VOTE for JFK coldwarrior Sorenson!

For a very good, succinct analysis of the way the intel agencies have become completely turned into either feckless appendages, or willing conduits to the DOD, see James Risen's State of War (for which the admin would like to seem him jailed), during which he clearly details Rumsfeld's number one goal (well, maybe invading Iraq was tops): putting ALL intel groups under the aegis of the DOD, allowing complete control/access to all their information AND operational capabilities.

His account of the relationship between Rumsfeld and Condi is most instructional: he just ignored her, when he wasn't actively making fun of her. She's described by one source as the WORST National Security Advisor, ever. Not a bad twofer, when you think of it: worst NSA ever, followed closely by becoming the worst Secretary of State ever. Lots of worst-ofs in this admin, though, right?