On the Armstrongs, whose ranch the incident occurred on, and their relatio

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umm... old political friends.

http://www.bradblog.com/

On the Armstrongs, whose ranch the incident occurred on, and their relation to Cheney et al...From WhiteHouseForSale.org...

"We go out when the dew is still on the grass, and then hunt until we shoot our limit," Tobin said in 2000 of his ranch outings with Dick Cheney. "Then we pick a fine spot and have a wild game picnic lunch." True conservatives might choke on their javelina steaks if they knew that Tobin Armstrong dunned the government for $11,336 in farm subsidies between 1995 and 2002, according to the Environmental Working Group. Anne Armstrong served as: a close advisor to President Nixon; President Ford’s British Ambassador; and approved covert actions on the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board under Reagan. A veteran of blue-chip corporate boards, Anne Armstrong was a Halliburton director when that corporation hired Cheney. She is Kay Bailey Hutchison’s best friend...

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2. Maybe Cause It Might Matter How This Shooting Was Reported??

It was the Corpus Christi press...and one friendly to Armstrong...that first released this story...nearly 24 hours after the shooting occured. If this had been a "normal" human involved in a shooting, do you think that person would get the same treatment?

As usual, there's more questions with this regime than answers. If you're not asking questions, then you're not paying attention.

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3. Is this the correct Anne Armstrong?

http://www.nndb.com/people/971/000051818/

AKA Anne Legendre Armstrong

Born: 27-Dec-1927
Birthplace: New Orleans, LA

Executive summary: US Ambassador to Great Britain, 1976-77

At one time extraordinarily prominent in the Republican party, Anne L. Armstrong was a pioneer: the first woman to serve in a cabinet-level capacity (to both Richard M. Nixon and Gerald Ford), the first American woman ambassador to Great Britain, the first woman to chair the Intelligence Advisory Board. Former mentor to Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison...

*edit* had to bold something ;)

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4. more interesting

It is the same Anne Armstrong, former chairman of the Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. A litte description of the FIAB from their website at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/pfiab/

"The President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (PFIAB) provides advice to the President concerning the quality and adequacy of intelligence collection, of analysis and estimates, of counterintelligence, and of other intelligence activities. The PFIAB, through its Intelligence Oversight Board, also advises the President on the legality of foreign intelligence activities.

The PFIAB currently has 16 members selected from among distinguished citizens outside the government who are qualified on the basis of achievement, experience, independence, and integrity.

The Role of The Board

Unique within the government, the PFIAB traditionally has been tasked with providing the President with an independent source of advice on the effectiveness with which the intelligence community is meeting the nation's intelligence needs and the vigor and insight with which the community plans for the future..."

List of former/present FIAB chairs here:
http://www.nndb.com/gov/404/000052248/

So, Ms. Armstrong's an old playa from way back...hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

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5. K&R n/t

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6. kicking

So that the morning crowd can see the interesting tidbits on the Armstrongs posted below in replies #3 & #4.