Comments on: Pentagon “Closing” CIFA http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/04/01/pentagon-closing-cifa/ Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:46:47 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: alank http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/04/01/pentagon-closing-cifa/comment-page-1/#comment-61692 alank Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:48:38 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/04/01/pentagon-closing-cifa/#comment-61692 <blockquote><p>The NYT presents advocates saying the closure is a great thing and others suggesting this is just a cover-up–that the domestic spying will get buried deep in the Pentgon where we’ll have to ferret it out again.</p></blockquote> <p>Teh politicization of the Pentagon probably puts the mockers on ferreting out anythin. There’s no disinterested party there to perform oversight. Congressional oversight is a lark.</p>

The NYT presents advocates saying the closure is a great thing and others suggesting this is just a cover-up–that the domestic spying will get buried deep in the Pentgon where we’ll have to ferret it out again.

Teh politicization of the Pentagon probably puts the mockers on ferreting out anythin. There’s no disinterested party there to perform oversight. Congressional oversight is a lark.

]]> By: klynn http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/04/01/pentagon-closing-cifa/comment-page-1/#comment-61667 klynn Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:19:33 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/04/01/pentagon-closing-cifa/#comment-61667 <p>I would like to check with my friends before posting anything about their experiences in Florida…</p> <p>For a few, yes it is “went” because a few of my friends have since died. So, I used past tense due to my personal context of loss.</p> I would like to check with my friends before posting anything about their experiences in Florida…

For a few, yes it is “went” because a few of my friends have since died. So, I used past tense due to my personal context of loss.

]]> By: klynn http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/04/01/pentagon-closing-cifa/comment-page-1/#comment-61666 klynn Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:16:33 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/04/01/pentagon-closing-cifa/#comment-61666 <p>Didn’t the Bushies trace their ancestry to King Henry the III? I remember some comment once about being “cousins” to Queen Elizabeth?</p> Didn’t the Bushies trace their ancestry to King Henry the III? I remember some comment once about being “cousins” to Queen Elizabeth?

]]> By: bobschacht http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/04/01/pentagon-closing-cifa/comment-page-1/#comment-61663 bobschacht Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:23:45 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/04/01/pentagon-closing-cifa/#comment-61663 <p>The evil monster that John Poindexter created is like the mythical Hydra- chop off a head, and two more appear somewhere else. Power-hungry people are fascinated by it and cannot let it go. All in the name of protecting us from terrorists, of course.</p> <p>How can this monstrosity be contained? Can’t we box it up in a locked trunk and throw it into a volcano? We’ve got an active volcano here in Hawaii I can volunteer for this purpose.</p> <p>Bob in HI</p> The evil monster that John Poindexter created is like the mythical Hydra- chop off a head, and two more appear somewhere else. Power-hungry people are fascinated by it and cannot let it go. All in the name of protecting us from terrorists, of course.

How can this monstrosity be contained? Can’t we box it up in a locked trunk and throw it into a volcano? We’ve got an active volcano here in Hawaii I can volunteer for this purpose.

Bob in HI

]]> By: rkilowatt http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/04/01/pentagon-closing-cifa/comment-page-1/#comment-61659 rkilowatt Wed, 02 Apr 2008 06:10:14 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/04/01/pentagon-closing-cifa/#comment-61659 <p>Star Chamber -a royal English court or tribunal abolished in 1641, notorious for its secrt sessions without jury, and for its harsh and arbitrary judgements and for its use of torture to force confessions.[Webster’s New World dictionary.]</p> <p>Have not seen mentioned here the awesome parallels.</p> Star Chamber -a royal English court or tribunal abolished in 1641, notorious for its secrt sessions without jury, and for its harsh and arbitrary judgements and for its use of torture to force confessions.[Webster’s New World dictionary.]

Have not seen mentioned here the awesome parallels.

]]> By: BlueStateRedHead http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/04/01/pentagon-closing-cifa/comment-page-1/#comment-61658 BlueStateRedHead Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:33:58 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/04/01/pentagon-closing-cifa/#comment-61658 <p><em>Went through,</em> as in past tense? What stopped and when?</p> Went through, as in past tense? What stopped and when?

]]> By: Hmmm http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/04/01/pentagon-closing-cifa/comment-page-1/#comment-61653 Hmmm Wed, 02 Apr 2008 03:52:04 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/04/01/pentagon-closing-cifa/#comment-61653 <p>Wild speculation: Closing CIFA because it’s been made redundant by Teh Program?</p> Wild speculation: Closing CIFA because it’s been made redundant by Teh Program?

]]> By: lilysmom http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/04/01/pentagon-closing-cifa/comment-page-1/#comment-61652 lilysmom Wed, 02 Apr 2008 03:50:34 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/04/01/pentagon-closing-cifa/#comment-61652 <p>Jesus God, I hate these people. The rules are made only for Democrats and the “little” people.</p> Jesus God, I hate these people. The rules are made only for Democrats and the “little” people.

]]> By: klynn http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/04/01/pentagon-closing-cifa/comment-page-1/#comment-61651 klynn Wed, 02 Apr 2008 03:50:22 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/04/01/pentagon-closing-cifa/#comment-61651 <p>I was just getting ready to write you to head back out on a trip because I want closure on all this crap.</p> I was just getting ready to write you to head back out on a trip because I want closure on all this crap.

]]> By: Rayne http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/04/01/pentagon-closing-cifa/comment-page-1/#comment-61650 Rayne Wed, 02 Apr 2008 03:48:51 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/04/01/pentagon-closing-cifa/#comment-61650 <p>True, ‘dat. Much easier to follow than OSI.</p> True, ‘dat. Much easier to follow than OSI.

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