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In reply to the discussion: George W. Bush's CIA Briefer: Bush and Cheney Falsely Presented WMD Intelligence to Public [View all]FairWinds
(1,717 posts)and needs to be prosecuted.
Lying the country into war is clearly a crime against the constitution, and
for him to say "it was his job" to stand there and witness the falsehoods
is completely inadequate.
Nazis were executed for the "just doing my job" defense.
Here is the CIA oath . . I, [name], do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.
Unless they are held to account, members of the national security elite will continue to engage in criminal activity, and claim they were "just doing their job."
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