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Big Peace : Defense Department Finding Leaked to New York Times Reporter

Fri, 22 Oct 2010 21:23:21 +0000

Let me try that again. http://www.af.mil/information/bios/bio.asp?bioID=...

Big Peace : Defense Department Finding Leaked to New York Times Reporter

Fri, 22 Oct 2010 21:20:34 +0000

Response to Son of the Beach. Mike Furlong retired from the US Army in 1997 at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. In the regular Army it is impossible to stay around as a Captain or Major for 25 years. Presently he is a Senior Executive Service civil servant. SES civil servants are on the level of general officers and admirals. Furlong was not a contractor but rather had oversight for a number of contracts. Here is his bio: http://www.af.mil/information/bios/bio.asp?bioID=... Answer to question above, why would someone at DOD leak a story like this, people leak stories to the press when they want to smear someone without having to prove their case in court. If you take someone to court, they have the right to cross examine accusers. They have the right to subpoena high ranking officials. They have a right to present evidence that could be very embarrassing to people still in office. By smearing someone in the press, you delegitimize anything derogatory he might say at a later time. You frame the narrative. Oh, yeah, I know who that guy is, isnt he the guy that ....

Big Journalism : 'Journalists' Pelton and Jordan Get All Wet Carrying Water For Inept CIA

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 12:36:36 +0000

I agree with the comments that point out the incompetency of the CIA, but I would like to point out the old addage that even a broken clock is right 2 times per day. In the particular instance of Afghanistan, I have an even more sinister theory. So, far, its the only one that covers all the facts. The American military is down to like 1 year on an 18 month deadline to start pulling out of Afghanistan. What if a secret deal has already been cut. In exchange for a peaceful Afghanistan after the Americans leave (Power sharing and opium revenue sharing. No attempts to overthrow Karzai), The CIA and OGA have agreed to give the military lousy or no intel. It has also agreed to protect key Taliban and Al Queda leaders. It will do as much as possible to mitigate or destroy any DOD intelligence operations that are a threat to key Taliban leadership. The government has complied with Paki requests to keep the American military out of Waziristan province (where AQ is being protected). Why is Karzai "angry" when Taliban #2 is captured? Why is the CIA so sensitive to Karzai's "soft on the Taliban policy." I think the American people would be ready to fold up the tents and bring the troops home tomorrow if they realized we were propping up another evil head of state who is making non-agression pacts with the 9/11 conspirators and the Talibans (Afghanistan and Pakistani varieties).