Porter Goss, Barry Seal, William Houston Seymour, Frank Sturgis,Felix Rodriquez
Operation 40………

But I think we need to note the cowardice of the Dems even in the face of the limited knowledge they did possess. Even the letter from Harman is inexcusably mild in its reproach, such as it is, of what was being discussed, hypothetical or not.

In this sordid affair, it appears no courage was to be found anywhere. Not a single political leader, so far as I can make out, managed to take a firm stand against what so clearly was wrong and, indeed, simply evil.

I can’t see any reason to give the Democrats a pass on this. I don’t see how they are legally responsible for what went on, but their own moral culpability seems unquestionable.

(No, that stepfather was not the guy in the picture, though the resemblance was startling. And nauseating.)

I question this theory:

— JTA: Note the operative verbs: Lede: It was Goss who “concluded” that the tap required more action. He drew this conclusion not because Harman’s alleged involvement was raised with him,…”

http://blogs.jta.org/politics/…..ane-harman

“Concluded” after he may have been advised? There’s nothing in the NYTimes article that I can see that he ‘alone’ concluded Harman had completed a crime?

Who is to say the investigative team brought it to ‘his’ attention? — Here we really do need the timeline… when was the suspected Israel spy FISA warrant up for renewal — and when was Harman making deals on the tapes? Do these dates really coincide? It supposedly was an FBI case — according to Stein the investigative team on Harman wanted Mueller to sign off on the warrant [for Harman]?

Stein: “A former intelligence official familiar with the matter told Foreign Policy on condition of anonymity Monday that Goss had been asked due to the unavailability of FBI director Robert Mueller to certify a FISA warrant that was seemingly triggered by a captured communication between Harman and someone who was already being surveilled by the U.S. government (presumably, the suspected ‘Israeli agent’).”

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/sp…..eferrer=js

Then we are told Goss found problems with the Harman tapes during a ‘periodic review’ stage — ok. I just think it too movie-ish for Goss and Goss alone to go through mounds of transcripts and say ‘hey we’ve got her’ so what can we do with this information 4 years down the road when I’m out of office.

Not withstanding the fact that it appears an intelligence official[s] had to go behind Goss’s back to alert Pelosi — that Harman had been caught. They might have felt they had to do this because, maybe, their request for an appropriate surveillance warrant from Mueller &/or Goss were getting stymied?

Also, what agency[s] decided that Harman had carried out a ‘completed crime’ — was that on the impetuous of Goss as well — to confirm legal status?

I just think there are too many unanswered questions — to immediately jump to the conclusion that the hit was made on Harman because of his sole hatred for Harman — I’m sure Harman [and Pelosi] are not his only enemies.

the underplaying of the combining of techniques – has been bugging me for a while

that’s because lyndie england and mr grainer (don’t know his first name) were following orders, using techniques that would prepare the victims for later treatment

once you draw a straight line between lyndie england and george bush, there can be NO DOUBT of george bush’s guilt

we KNOW lyndie england committed a crime

george bush said so