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2016 Postmortem

Adrahil

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8. They try to remain politically neutral....

Reply to glennward (Reply #4)

Tue Jun 21, 2016, 02:41 PM

Jun 2016

which is appropriate for their service. Like the military, it is crucial that such public servants are neutral in political matters.

I think they chose to speak pout here because this guy undermines that. And further, he was not even in a position to actually some of the things he said he observed.

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Secret Service veterans denounce anti-Clinton tell-all book [View all] BootinUp Jun 2016 OP

The "author' was a career hire by the Secret Service and likely during the Bush I years. tonyt53 Jun 2016 #1

I was reading about Byrne earlier...he seems to be a big fan of Papa Bush. Lucinda Jun 2016 #6

there is no depth to which the reichwing will not stoop in its unrelenting attacks on HRC. niyad Jun 2016 #2

k&r Little Star Jun 2016 #3

They should denounce more loudly and more often and more openly. nt glennward Jun 2016 #4

At least they're denouncing it PJMcK Jun 2016 #5

They try to remain politically neutral.... Adrahil Jun 2016 #8

They intentionally remain as apolitical as possible, for obvious reasons. TwilightZone Jun 2016 #9

Good. They pre-released it to right wing media sources, but the full Lucinda Jun 2016 #7

Read up on him.... sheshe2 Jun 2016 #10