The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
ASSOCIATED PRESS Monday, August 31, 2009 By Adam Goldman and Pamela Hess Secret CIA program used Blackwater recruits “The question remains: Why do we need Blackwater?” said Charles Faddis, a former department chief at the CIA’s Counter-terrorism Center who retired in 2008 and was not involved in the secret program. “I remain mystified. This is …
Professor Loch Johnson is one of two people who have served on both the Church Committee and the Aspin-Brown Commission. The other is Britt Snider, Esquire. Today he examines the lack of integrity on the Hill, or totthless, inattentive oversight. He does not address two factors that we comment on below the fold: 1. There …
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The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is more of a laughingstock around the world than most realize. From being called “useful idiots” (tontos utiles) in Latin America to much, much worse in the Middle East, it appears to have become a bloated bureaucracy incapable of achieving anything of positive significance. Intelligence is an inherently governmental function, …
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A few false notes, but on balance, final nail in CIA’s coffin, August 12, 2008
Four on one side as useful propaganda, three in larger context, September 27, 2008
Old Spy Loves This Movie, February 4, 2008
Should Be a Four, But Overly Harsh Review Calls for Balance, July 22, 2007
