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In reply to the discussion: NSA Chief General Kieth Alexander and "The Secret War" [View all]Octafish
(55,745 posts)54. James Bamford is a giant.
From his article:
Inside the government, the general is regarded with a mixture of respect and fear, not unlike J. Edgar Hoover, another security figure whose tenure spanned multiple presidencies. We jokingly referred to him as Emperor Alexanderwith good cause, because whatever Keith wants, Keith gets, says one former senior CIA official who agreed to speak on condition of anonymity. We would sit back literally in awe of what he was able to get from Congress, from the White House, and at the expense of everybody else.
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This is absolutely, without a doubt, Orwellian, Outrageous, and Alarming!
Fantastic Anarchist
Jun 2013
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