tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1731027273906838992.post5954473856739877111..comments2024-03-07T05:11:03.645-05:00Comments on Paul Davis On Crime: Americans Side With the CIAUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1731027273906838992.post-48594480702147179982014-12-21T14:26:46.154-05:002014-12-21T14:26:46.154-05:00Sounds about right...
Sounds about right...<br />Paul Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07593938088512203541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1731027273906838992.post-37750534212169356712014-12-21T14:25:12.566-05:002014-12-21T14:25:12.566-05:00Answer: entrenched political staffers committed to...Answer: entrenched political staffers committed to slash and burn liberal ideology. How's that for analysys of the Senate "investigators"!R.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13220814349193561823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1731027273906838992.post-17967158442105315462014-12-21T14:18:12.977-05:002014-12-21T14:18:12.977-05:00R.T.,
As I noted above, the National Intelligence...R.T.,<br /><br />As I noted above, the National Intelligence Director, the White House and the Congress "spy" on the spies. <br /><br />I think the current oversight is both effect and appropriate. <br /><br />As a reporter and a former DoD investigating officer, I'd like to know more about the Senate's investigators. <br /><br />Just how much expierence and knowledge do they have? The fact that they did not interview a single current or former CIA officer or CIA official makes the report a non-starter for me.<br /><br />Paul Paul Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07593938088512203541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1731027273906838992.post-72353536108897010452014-12-21T14:11:43.931-05:002014-12-21T14:11:43.931-05:00Oh, I am not faulting the CIA, and I have a lot of...Oh, I am not faulting the CIA, and I have a lot of negative things to say about the recent report and the political motives, but I still think the problem remains: who spies on the spies, and how shall that be done effectively and appropriately?R.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13220814349193561823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1731027273906838992.post-4956959378414276982014-12-21T14:06:07.670-05:002014-12-21T14:06:07.670-05:00R.T.,
The CIA has oversight by the National Inte...R.T., <br /><br />The CIA has oversight by the National Intelligence Director, the White House and the Congress. <br /><br />The CIA's enhanced interrogation progam was vetted and approved by all three.<br /><br />Government lawyers (and there were many) all approved the program and said the methods were legal. <br /><br />President Obama's Justice Department took a second look at the program and even they had to approve the legality (though I'm sure this made them sad).<br /><br />All of today's Congressional critics who were then in office were briefed on the program and the only objection was that the CIA should do more.<br /><br />Looking back on the CIA's history, every action the agency took, including the attempts on Castro's life, were approved and ordered by the White House. One should lay blame (it blame is warranted) on the presidents, not the CIA officers. <br /><br />They are not now, nor have they ever been, a "rogue" agency.<br /><br />The CIA gets a bum rap from the left and from bad and silly movies, TV shows and books. <br /><br />I was serving as a Defense Department Command's security guy during 9/11 and I recall how we all scrampled to upgrade our security and intelligence methods to prevent another attack. It was a tough time. Paul Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07593938088512203541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1731027273906838992.post-54104606169588210792014-12-21T13:48:38.409-05:002014-12-21T13:48:38.409-05:00There is an interesting challenge: for purposes of...There is an interesting challenge: for purposes of keeping the CIA within the law -- if that is the goal -- who keeps an eye on those who must work in covert ways? In other words, does anyone have the need to know what the CIA does? R.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13220814349193561823noreply@blogger.com