PHOTOS The President & the CIA (April 20)

[Jackeens]

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President Barack Obama gestures to employees to sit down as he arrives to speak at the Central Intelligence Agency in Langley, Va. , Monday, April 20, 2009.

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President Barack Obama puts his hand to his ear after saying he heard an "Amen section" in the audience of employees as he speaks at the Central Intelligence Agency in Langley, Va. , Monday, April 20, 2009. Behind him is CIA Director Leon Panetta

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[tekisui]

1. Weird pose on that last one. Looks like a puppet.

[JayMusgrove]

4. more like a pupeteer! asking them to sit down...so he can

talk... and not have this applause adoration stuff carry on beyond a minute or so

[JayMusgrove]

2. Oh Jackeens, there you go again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Another

excellent thread.

Personally, I get kind of tired of reading two dozen threads all about the same thing, the Prez and the CIA and torture over and over and over again....

That's why I always prize your picture threads as a highlight to my day.

More more more...

[Kukesa]

6. I totally agree! Thanks, Jackeens. n/t

[Drunken Irishman]

3. Stan Smith has fallen for Obama.

[peace13]

5. Picture 10 - Oh to read Obama's mind!! n/t

[liberalmuse]

8. Lately...

he looks like something's weighing heavily on his mind. Or he could just be very, very tired.

[peace13]

10. I agree. n/t

[NYC_SKP]

7. Every Time Jackeens posts a Pic Thread a Freeper Head Explodes!!!

Keep 'em coming, Jackeens!

:loveya:

[Cha]

9. Good! Because we've had some

freeptards come into our co-op to try and peddle their $3.00 Obama bills like anyone in our store would give a crap about the lies some idiot would put on a 3 dollar bill.

[NYC_SKP]

16. L.O.L!

:rofl:

You're killin' me!

:hi:

[Cha]

18. ..

:rofl: :hi:

[Jackeens]

12. Hmm....if that's the case I'm tempted to post 35,826 more threads tonight!

:-)

[NYC_SKP]

17. Well, don't hurt yourself....

I'm thinking more than one head explodes.

We don't want you burning out!

:hi:

[Lars39]

11. I wonder how many of those stars were added from the fallout of Bushco

outing Valeria Plame? :(

[santamargarita]

13. There seem to be a lot more stars on that wall...

than when I saw it last

[muryan]

15. Afghanistan

The CIA was on the ground way before our military. They lost a lot of people in the original push

[starroute]

21. According to Wikipedia . . .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_Memorial_Wall

The Memorial Wall is located in the Original Headquarters Building lobby on the north wall. There are 89 stars carved into the white Vermont marble wall, each one representing an employee who died in the line of service. Paramilitary officers of the CIA's Special Activities Division comprise the majority of those memorialized.

A black Moroccan goatskin-bound book, called the "Book of Honor," sits in a steel frame beneath the stars, its "slender case jutting out from the wall just below the field of stars," and is "framed in stainless steel and topped by an inch-thick plate of glass." Inside it shows the stars, arranged by year of death and, when possible, lists the names of employees who died in CIA service alongside them. The identities of the unnamed stars remain secret, even in death. In 1997, there were 70 stars, 29 of which had names. There were 79 in 2002 and 83 in 2004 and 89 in 2009. . . .

When new names are added to the Book of Honor, stone carver Tim Johnston of Carving and Restoration Team in Manassas, Virginia adds a new star to the Wall. Johnston learned the process of creating the stars from the original sculptor of the Wall, Harold Vogel, who created the first 31 stars and the Memorial Wall inscription when the Wall was created in July 1974.

[Sultana]

14. As I was looking at the photos...

my mind went blank, then i realized he's our President then I got all happy and stuff :D

[SadeMN]

19. Pic 11 looks like he's about to levitate!

[Clio the Leo]

20. Clearly they are upset with him. :-) NT