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In reply to the discussion: Iran-Contra Affair was TREASON that went unpunished. [View all]Bonobo
I wish President Truman had going true with his public treat about tearing CIA and the other intelligence systems apart in the early part of the cold war - specially as CIA and the rest was seldom able to get the right information, to the right time to the US president.. That be about the worsening situation in Europe, who wa going from bad - to worse.. The US president was put off guard when Stalin deiced to force the issue in Berlin - and closed off the western part of the city - and was trying to starving the western part in the Soviet occupied zone into submission.. And the CIA, and all the other agencies was also put off guard - and could for some time not even tell the president what it all was about.. It was not until Truman deiced to put an airbrigde from the western part of Germany - to Berlin that CIA and the others was able to put some on the ground - and discover what it all was about... He was also pissed off by other things who happened then - and CIA was not even able to tell him about it - before it all kind of blow up in his face...
The CIA have always killed, more in secret - but as time goes - specially after Bush jr got into office, more in the open than anytime before... And they have tools to their disposal that was not there when Truman was around.. But if they are getting more information from the new tools, and if, give it the President in the right time, is another issue... Sometimes I believe they on purpose are not giving the information they have - but screen it, so the President sometimes have not the right information he need when he have to do something...
And the Iran Contra scandal was one big issue, who should have getting allot more attention than it did - and where a lot more of the people involved should have been arrested - put on trial and convicted and facing long prison times.. When 75 percent of the american population believe Oliver North to be a hero - even as he lied and have continued to lie for the last 30 year when it came to the Contras scandal - then you know something is not right..
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