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In reply to the discussion: No Republican president since Eisenhower has been legitimately elected, says Thom Hartmann [View all]Major Nikon
(36,925 posts)23. Team B also seditiously leaked their report to the press in order to undermine Carter
Their report was also later found to be virtually 100% wrong.
Team B was a competitive analysis exercise commissioned by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to analyze threats the Soviet Union posed to the security of the United States. In May 1976, President Ford invited a group of outside experts to evaluate classified intelligence on the Soviet Union. The purpose behind the invitation was to put a fresh pair of eyes on the same data-sets that analysts within the intelligence community were looking at. The intelligence community was in the process of putting together its own assessment on the Soviet threat as the Team B panel of outside experts produced its assessment. Team B, approved by then Director of Central Intelligence George H. W. Bush, was composed of "outside experts" who attempted to counter the positions of intelligence officials within the CIA.[1] Team B concluded that the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on the Soviet Union, generated yearly by the CIA, underestimated Soviet military power and misinterpreted Soviet strategic intentions. Its findings were leaked to the press shortly after Jimmy Carter's 1976 presidential election win in an attempt to appeal to anti-communists in both parties and not appear partisan.[2][3]
The Team B reports became the intellectual foundation for the idea of "the window of vulnerability" and of the massive arms buildup that began toward the end of the Carter administration and accelerated under President Ronald Reagan.[4]
Some scholars and policy-makers, such as Anne Cahn of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, later criticized the Team B project's findings.[5][6]
The Team B reports became the intellectual foundation for the idea of "the window of vulnerability" and of the massive arms buildup that began toward the end of the Carter administration and accelerated under President Ronald Reagan.[4]
Some scholars and policy-makers, such as Anne Cahn of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, later criticized the Team B project's findings.[5][6]
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No Republican president since Eisenhower has been legitimately elected, says Thom Hartmann [View all]
HomerRamone
Apr 2014
OP
A decision that Sandra Day O'Connor later said they probably shouldn't have made...
KansDem
Apr 2014
#33
the supreme court needed to fix THEIR RITE MAJORITY. gore was never going to win.
pansypoo53219
Apr 2014
#17
Love it! Although, I think these sociopaths are focused on trying to rewrite history...
tofuandbeer
Apr 2014
#70
And of course this is only one of the ways they've stolen elections. When people blame Dems for not
DesertDiamond
Apr 2014
#11
Oh goodie... that thing where no president from the other party can be legitimate.
cthulu2016
Apr 2014
#18
Because he wasn't...Raygun however did delay the release of hostages until AFTER the election...
truebrit71
Apr 2014
#39
There is truth to that, but people like Ted Koppel had Carter looking weak (to the easily led) long
merrily
Apr 2014
#80
Team B also seditiously leaked their report to the press in order to undermine Carter
Major Nikon
Apr 2014
#23
I'm fairly confident Ronald Reagan legitimately won, whether we like it or not.
Shoulders of Giants
Apr 2014
#35
Any basic banana republic would be proud to have our banana Republican's record. nt
MrScorpio
Apr 2014
#46
The sad truth is, many Americans can't handle the truth, have no interest in the truth
mountain grammy
Apr 2014
#66
The RW never cares about illegitimate elections when an R wins, and they fabricate illigitimacy
Dark n Stormy Knight
Apr 2014
#67
Since Eisenhower, how many Congresses have we had where Democrats controlled both houses?
merrily
Apr 2014
#73
I have long said, the only way republicans can win elections is by cheating
liberal N proud
Apr 2014
#78
If a Presidential candidate commits treason and then a majority who don't know about it vote for him
HomerRamone
Apr 2014
#82