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In reply to the discussion: Two Things I Will Remember GH Bush for: 1) his Eternal Hoax on the Public and 2) how he conceals it [View all]anobserver2
(923 posts)I think the answer to your question may perhaps be found in looking closely at what
is happening right now with the nomination of the new CIA director Gina H.
In November 2018 the ACLU filed a lawsuit against the CIA because the CIA
is not providing the public with enough material information about Gina H:
https://www.aclu.org/legal-document/aclu-v-cia-complaint-0
If you read paragraphs 3 and 8, you get an idea of the type of information being
released by the CIA about Gina H: she likes "Johnny Cash" and she visited with
"Mother Theresa."
I am wondering if the same lack of information is what was presented to
what you claim was a Democrat-controlled Senate back when GH Bush was nominated.
In other words, perhaps the answer to your question is it's not that the CIA "missed"
the Yale fraud, but that the CIA knew but did not disclose it to the Senate. I don't know,
but based on what is happening right now with Gina H., according to the above lawsuit,
it seems like the CIA knows more than it is willing to disclose about nominations of CIA directors.
I know it is a shock that the government lies to the public, just as it was when we
all learned of the Pentagon Papers back whenever. I thought the recent movie with Tom Hanks
and Meryl Streep - "The Post" - about that era made some very important points about
how chummy and buddy-buddy the press can be with politicians.
It would therefore not surprise me that perhaps some media did know, and has known all along,
and knows now, that GH Bush was a college drop-out.
What is disheartening to me is that someone with that much "protection" probably does not think
any abuse of power will be reported or investigated either, and I believe such a person is correct.
However, in the private sector, that is why CEOs who fake college degrees are not tolerated and are
ousted - because you never know what else they might do or what other lies they might tell.
It is too bad that voters and journalists do not have the same legal rights to obtain a college transcript
as the private sector employer has in this country, as otherwise, there might be several more politicians
who would be out of a job. Who knows.
Because GH Bush had such high level positions prior to being nominated as CIA director, and if the
CIA knew but didn't tell anything about his resume fraud of faking a college degree, and since a college
degree is not even required for this job, the issue probably never came up at all.
But here is what happens in the private sector, below -- and it is quite telling to me that GH Bush, after
losing his 2nd presidential election, never sought any position in the private sector - maybe because
he knew he risked being outed as a fraud if he did.
https://www.ethics.net/a/bye-bye-yahoo-ceo-the-ethics-of-resume-fraud
Ethics Center: Business Ethics
Bye-Bye Yahoo CEO: The Ethics of Resume Fraud
By: National Ethics Association on May 14th, 2012
Watching the ouster this week of Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson leaves us scratching our head. Why would someone talented enough to head up a major technology company claim to have a phony computer-science degree?
no one is immune to punishment for credential fraud. Just ask Dave Edmondson, who in 2006 was forced to resign as Radio Shack CEO for claiming two fake degrees. Or Ronald Zarrella of Bausch & Lomb who offered to resign as CEO and wound up seeing his $1.1 million bonus rescinded. Zarrella had listed a phony NYU MBA on his resume.