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In reply to the discussion: You have to be utterly ignorant of history, in a state of denial, dumb as grits or [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)in our name? When was the last time Congress held an oversight hearing on the activities of the CIA all over the world? In public I mean, all this secret stuff is part of the problem. If they have done nothing wrong they have nothing to hide, right??
Maybe we should stop appointing Republicans, like Clapper to positions like Director of Intelligence in Democratic Administrations especially since he is a former employee of Booz Allen, one of those multi billion dollar 'Security Firms' that benefit so much from our 'WOT' and possibly from information they receive from people in top government positions?
Maybe we could be a bit cautious, just a teeny bit, about placing the fate of our Constitutional Rights in the hands of a for profit, mostly Republican, multi billion dollar Private 'Security' firm like Booz Allen, once again mentioned in the latest leaks about wrong doing? Not the first time for them.
So how about ridding the country of these Private For Profit Security Corps and stopping the revolving door between them and top Government positions where they have access to information that could create a huge conflict of interest?
How about the Government do its job and stop handing out multi billion dollar contracts to shady 'security firms' like Booz Allen?
I don't know about you, but I never trusted Ari Fleischer or any of Bush's guys with my Constitutional Rights and would never, ever vote for any of them. Yet our Democratic president has retained and/or appointed so many of these left over Republicans, like Clapper.