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lark

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47. Totally agree with both of you.

Tue Mar 18, 2014, 12:23 PM

Mar 2014

Who's in charge - the 1% and their paid lackies like CIA, NSA, politicians, etc. I never thought politicians weren't doing their jobs due to fear, but due to the profit motive. Still think that's primary, but now considering fear as another reason why some are so timid.

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Nancy Pelosi Admits That Congress Is Scared Of The CIA [View all] unhappycamper Mar 2014 OP

So who the hell is running this country? newfie11 Mar 2014 #1

As DeepThroat said: ''Always follow the money.'' DeSwiss Mar 2014 #6

Your right newfie11 Mar 2014 #7

Totally agree with both of you. lark Mar 2014 #47

In a word- Titonwan Mar 2014 #10

Of course. Any of us who were present back then knew what a threat the CIA was but we got out of jwirr Mar 2014 #59

George HW Bush in charge of the CIA in 1963? HooptieWagon Mar 2014 #63

So when was he head of the CIA? And are you saying he had no control over it's future actions? jwirr Mar 2014 #64

jan76-jan77. HooptieWagon Mar 2014 #85

That is exactly what I'd like to know. LuvNewcastle Mar 2014 #12

Well, what was Prescott Bush's intentions back in WW2 and post war? blm Mar 2014 #38

For those asking "Who", bvar22 Mar 2014 #60

The radical right wing shadow government. Enthusiast Mar 2014 #19

The Carlyle Group. I thought everyone knew. nm rhett o rick Mar 2014 #62

Russ Tice!!!!! NSA whistleblower @ blackmail billhicks76 Mar 2014 #76

Sybill Edmunds dotymed Mar 2014 #2

you know, there is a charter school here mopinko Mar 2014 #23

Pelosi's comments ... Scuba Mar 2014 #3

wow, there it is grasswire Mar 2014 #4

kick grasswire Mar 2014 #48

And one shoe dropped. DeSwiss Mar 2014 #5

Interesting excerpt - where can I find the source? erronis Mar 2014 #70

Here ya go. DeSwiss Mar 2014 #71

Thanks - so much to absorb! erronis Mar 2014 #82

Covert power is scary and the CIA uses that to their advantage siligut Mar 2014 #8

Are you still laughing when people say that President Obama A Simple Game Mar 2014 #21

He is perhaps "embraced" by the secret stuff. Jackpine Radical Mar 2014 #27

That also may be why he has the job he has and not because of the job he has. n/t A Simple Game Mar 2014 #31

The secrets are on a need to know basis siligut Mar 2014 #34

No, we're still laughing that some people actually believe that a president has complete control blm Mar 2014 #39

So you don't think President Obama has embraced all of the, often unnecessary, secrecy? n/t A Simple Game Mar 2014 #42

LOL - I think he had no clue how deep it went when he entered office, and is still being kept blm Mar 2014 #52

As you don't think the smartest President in history has a clue and that A Simple Game Mar 2014 #56

That's not what I said, is it? Build your strawmen for those willing to play blm Mar 2014 #61

Did you forget what you posted in #52? A Simple Game Mar 2014 #66

What part of 'is still being kept from the extent of it' did you fail to comprehend? blm Mar 2014 #67

Ok, you're right, I just don't understand. I do know that because I'm a liberal A Simple Game Mar 2014 #69

Mebbe an 'Operation Valkyrie' is in order Titonwan Mar 2014 #9

So our democracy is over? BlueJac Mar 2014 #11

Since 1963! pocoloco Mar 2014 #29

Assuming the NSA and CIA work on behalf of corporate interests SHRED Mar 2014 #13

It is the very definition of Fascism. Enthusiast Mar 2014 #20

Prescott Bush supported fascism and was branded a traitor. lark Mar 2014 #49

The media always paints the Bush clan as harmless and benevolent. Enthusiast Mar 2014 #78

Totally agree with both of you. lark Mar 2014 #81

This may explain why Clinton bombed Iraq during the impeachment proceedings KurtNYC Mar 2014 #14

For 4 decades now the most powerful part of CIA,NSA, FBI are those units loyal ONLY to BushInc. blm Mar 2014 #15

A good argument could made that you are Titonwan Mar 2014 #17

Correct 90-percent Mar 2014 #25

Cheney is a cog, a big one, but still a cog in BFEE. blm Mar 2014 #36

He was there to 'help' W with the deciding. nt siligut Mar 2014 #44

See, Obama should have known this and fired them all. lark Mar 2014 #51

As the quote reads: vlakitti Mar 2014 #58

You are hopelessly paranoid. Jackpine Radical Mar 2014 #28

; ) And 95% of the time history has a way of proving us to be right. blm Mar 2014 #35

HUGE K & R !!! WillyT Mar 2014 #16

Its worse than she has admitted Ichingcarpenter Mar 2014 #18

. snagglepuss Mar 2014 #30

Most of the anti-Snowden, Greenwald accounts here are CIA/NSA plants fbc Mar 2014 #22

What a spurious and completely unsubstantiated load of horseshit--and welcome to DU, comrade.... MADem Mar 2014 #40

Many of those accounts have been here for ages. JoeyT Mar 2014 #41

i will never forget a conversation with a congressional staffer mopinko Mar 2014 #24

Like experience here toby jo Mar 2014 #26

Um.... ok...... eggplant Mar 2014 #46

Warning sign: The People are fearing the government Blue Owl Mar 2014 #32

I'm not surprised that Congress is afraid of the information the CIA can produce on them. Baitball Blogger Mar 2014 #33

Here's an interesting article by Mike Lofgren, a congressional staff member for 28 years octoberlib Mar 2014 #37

Also an outstanding article! Octafish Mar 2014 #50

bookmark to read that article later nt grasswire Mar 2014 #55

Thank you for posting this. woo me with science Mar 2014 #83

K&R! nt Mnemosyne Mar 2014 #43

How can that be? Octafish Mar 2014 #45

K&R.... daleanime Mar 2014 #53

Should be the other way around. The CIA should fear Congress. Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2014 #54

There is a reason that JFK and Frank Church wanted to take Dawson Leery Mar 2014 #57

Duh, they don't want to be Kennedyed or Wellstoned. nt valerief Mar 2014 #65

11/22/63. Call me crazy! WinkyDink Mar 2014 #68

Did that come from the water is wet department? nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #72

what business does pelosi have calling congress scared. SHE put impeaching Bush off the table. alp227 Mar 2014 #73

Too late. Last chance to expose BFEE was release of BCCI Report. We needed another candidate blm Mar 2014 #80

Shadow Government. The White House is little more than a false prop to give the Citizenry the IDEA blkmusclmachine Mar 2014 #74

Sadly +1. Nt newfie11 Mar 2014 #79

K&R NealK Mar 2014 #75

The real prize in this nation is the national security apparatus. Democracyinkind Mar 2014 #77

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