"the most insidious of traitors."

[The Lone Liberal]

George H.W. Bush, a former CIA director, who said in 1999 at the dedication of the agency's new headquarters that those who expose the names of intelligence sources are "the most insidious of traitors."


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14909-2003Sep28.html

Things are starting to get interesting.

[dArKeR]

1. I thought this story was about Clark and Dem. Party secret government

[OKNancy]

2. That's delicious n/t

[lazarus]

3. Here's the source

http://www.cia.gov/cia/public_affairs/speeches/1999/bush_speech_042699.html

Remarks By George Bush
41st President of the United States,
At the Dedication Ceremony for the George Bush Center for Intelligence

26 April 1999

Your mission is different now than it was back then. The Soviet Union is no more. Some people think, "what do we need intelligence for?" My answer to that is we have plenty of enemies. Plenty of enemies abound. Unpredictable leaders willing to export instability or to commit crimes against humanity. Proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, narco-trafficking, people killing each other, fundamentalists killing each other in the name of God. These and more. Many more. As our analysts know, as our collectors of intelligence know - these are our enemies. To combat them we need more intelligence, not less. We need more human intelligence. That means we need more protection for the methods we use to gather intelligence and more protection for our sources, particularly our human sources, people that are risking their lives for their country. (Applause)

Even though I'm a tranquil guy now at this stage of my life, I have nothing but contempt and anger for those who betray the trust by exposing the name of our sources. They are, in my view, the most insidious, of traitors.

And when it comes to the mission of CIA and the Intelligence Community, George Tenet has it exactly right. Give the President and the policymakers the best possible intelligence product and stay out of the policymaking or policy implementing except as specifically decreed in the law.

[Capt_Nemo]

4. I thought you were talking about Tony Blair...

:evilgrin:

[greatauntoftriplets]

5. Lord, eventhing this crew touches turns to you-know-what.

Wonder what is coming next?