Yet MORE cronyism in the WH

[dalaigh lllama]

Good Lord! Is there no end to Bush's idiocy? To his hubris? To his complete INCOMPETENCE! Just read this at Daily Kos:

Even the junkiest of the political junkies likely haven't heard of the PFIAB. It's the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (PFIAB). Established in 1956 by President Eisenhower, it was originally called the "President's Board of Consultants on Foreign Intelligence Activities." The PFIAB is, according to the White House website, "a nonpartisan body offering the President objective, expert advice on the conduct of U.S. foreign intelligence." Non-partisan and expert advice.

A sub-unit of the PFIAB is the "Intelligence Oversight Board," which "advises the President on the legality of foreign intelligence activities." Non-partisan, expert, legal oversight. Sounds great! It is the FIAB that acts as one of the most objective and trusted confidants when it comes to the President ordering foreign intelligence activity.

PFIAB members get unprecedented access to our nation's most closely gaurded secrets. They have, according to Salon, "access to intelligence that is unavailable to most members of Congress. They are privy to intelligence from the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, the military intelligence agencies and others."

Who are the members of the President's FIAB? Brace yourselves. The list of people Bush selected to give him "non-partisan," "expert," and "objective" legal advice on his foreign intelligence activities reads almost like a list of his Rangers & Pioneers, or a list of invitees at the Bush-Cheney '04 victory party. Actually, it reads a lot like that list.

read more...

http://www.dailykos.com/

How screwed can we get by these lowlifes?

:banghead:

[Erika]

1. W's big boys bought the U.S. Government, lock, stock,

and barrel. And the bushbots were suckered in lock, stock, and barrel.

[Canuckistanian]

2. Lee Hamilton, whitewash specialist

He'll come in very handy.