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Another loose-lipped traitor
- Thread starter Intruder Driver
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He is talking out his a@$, he is from State after all........
.......He ought to stick to writing political assesments.Rather than tow the company line, isn't there something to be said for non-Machievallian actions to disclose government policies that one objects too? The founding fathers included a clause that the people should constantly question the government and be ready at a moments notice to overthrow said government. Rather than placate the government's position, is it not the duty of every citizen to question the gov't and perceive their actions with distrust?
This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or their revolutionary right to dismember or overthrow it.
Abraham Lincoln
/flame away
This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or their revolutionary right to dismember or overthrow it.
Abraham Lincoln
/flame away
Obviously, there's a balance, but I don't think the current state of affairs rises anywhere close to the standards and ideals envisioned by the founding fathers in these matters. Leaking sensitive material for political purposes (if that what this amounts to) is a crime, not some kind of civil disobedience.
Brett
Perhaps this is a (semi-)authorized leak...the timing would be perfect to let the Iranians know to think twice.
Too true. But to have someone go into more specifics who worked w/in the government is different. Call it a "gentle reminder".
The guy is from State's Direcotrate and Intelligence and Research (INR), a 'boutique' intel agency that has less than 200 people. They generally have been out of favor for the past few years because they often challenge established positions of the bigger and better known agencies, sometimes proving everyone else wrong. One of their Middle East analysts called the Iraq invasion's aftermath right, when almost everyone else guessed wrong. There analysts are generally older, more educated and have a lot more experience than the analysts of most of the other intel agencies. INR often reaches out to experts from the outside world at a mid-point in their civilian career and trains them as analysts, rather than the other way around like most other intel agencies. Their reports are some of the better ones that are out there and they provide some valuable insight, very good reading as a matter of fact.
They are primarily focused on what State is interested in though, which is the politics and relations of foriegn countries and how they relate to us, military matters is generally not their area of expertise. So for this guy to say that we are planning a war against Iran is a bit like the waterboy of a football team talking about the offensive strategy of the offensive line. He would not be privy to such planning except on the outer periphery, and any information he has is pretty stale when it comes to a dynamic area like military plans and strategies.
So, like I said before, he is talking out his a@$.