See, that's part of my problem with the whole rove/plame thing

[justinsb]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1643618

It is hard trying to pretend that the CIA isn't an international terrorist organization on a level that makes Al Queda look like rank amateurs.

[wli]

1. c.f. Gladio stink in Italy, "Confessions of an Economic Hitman," etc.

Well-known already.

[pocket]

2. True

They may be scumbags, but this is a great stick to beat * with. Any weapon in a fight...

[emulatorloo]

3. So Rove is a big hero in your book?

Somehow I do not think V.Plame is involved in the types of things your are suggesting.

[justinsb]

4. I'm not saying he's a hero

He broke the law and should pay the consequences. But I don't have any kind of a soft spot for anyone in the CIA. One of the tragedies of the Kennedy assasination is he didn't live long enough to carry out his plan to disband it.

[emulatorloo]

5. no soft spot here either -- OTOH I understand there are good people

there, who are idealistic, who were part of CIA reform. . .and who are being systematically purged by GWB so that only the bad ones are left behind.