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67. What part of 'is still being kept from the extent of it' did you fail to comprehend?

Tue Mar 18, 2014, 05:23 PM

Mar 2014

Instead, you chose to insist again that he has the control.

Those of us who paid attention the last 4 - 5 decades recognize the absurdity of your claim.

Read this thread - I suppose it's mass paranoia to you because in YOUR world, Obama is the one conducting the entire orchestra.

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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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