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He’s not in a uniform, but Raymond A. Davis, former Special Forces soldier, and current CIA operator and prisoner in Pakistan is a soldier for American interests.  Our own government has admitted that he “was part of a covert, C.I.A.-led team collecting intelligence and conducting surveillance on militant groups deep inside the country.”  When he [...]

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Has the U.S. ever been so clueless as  it is today with respect to events going on in Egypt? CIA Director Panetta just admitted that he gets his information on Egyptian events from the media, rather than from his own agency. National Intelligence Director Jim Clapper, meanwhile, pontificates about how the Muslim Brotherhood is a [...]

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It says an enormous amount about Nancy Pelosi’s credibility that the public, by a two to one margin, believes spooks rather than her.

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The Politico headlines reveal that the Dems are picking a direct fight with the CIA.  Pelosi says they lied to her, while the Dem leadership is accusing the CIA of breaking laws. My idle question is this:  Is it wise to pick a fight with those who ferret out and keep the secrets?  Bush never [...]

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Although Bush did not mess directly with the CIA, it nevertheless turned on him, either because his Iraq War humiliated the CIA by showing how poor its intelligence gathering was or because the CIA is a heavily Democratic institution.  If the CIA turns on Obama, though, it will be personal: The CIA’s war against President [...]

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