Wasn't George Bush Sr. the head of the CIA, at one point?

[Tim4319]

Has he had a comment about the Valerie Plame leak? Just curious.

[CottonBear]

1. Yes and no. n/t

[tulsakatz]

2. CIA

I know he worked at the CIA for yrs, I don't know if he was ever the head guy.

I haven't heard him say anything about Plame..........still, I doubt he would say anything bad against his son.

[Art_from_Ark]

26. CIA Director under Gerald Ford-- 1976-77

[movonne]

3. Yes he was...wouldn't you think he might say something about

Treason ????

[Tim4319]

9. You would think he would!

[GreenPartyVoter]

16. Are you kidding? After Iran Contra and everything that Halliburton

has been up to.. I think he only cares about security to a certain degree.

[DanCa]

4. yes (nt)

[Bluebear]

5. CIA's headquarters name: George Bush Center for Intelligence

The Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999* was signed into law by the President on October 20, 1998. Among its provisions, the Act directed that the Headquarters compound of the Central Intelligence Agency located in Langley, Virginia, shall be known and designated as the "George Bush Center for Intelligence."

http://www.cia.gov/cia/information/bush.html

[fujiyama]

24. Wow

'98 eh. I didn't know Clinton's love affair with the Bushs started that far back. I know he couldn't have vetoed the bill....

Then again, in the case of a hack like HW...

[AntiCoup2K4]

6. Poppy was the head of the CIA during the Ford administration

He was also active within the CIA for decades, at least back to the late 1950's. Poppy was in charge of the Bay of Pigs operation, as evidenced by the names of the boats used in the operation:

the "Houston" (Bush's adopted hometown)
the "Zapata" (named after his oil company)
the "Barbara" (his wife)

And it was Poppy who pushed for the law which made outing a CIA operative a felony. He also called Joe Wilson a "hero" at one point.

So by Poppy's own words and actions, it should be clear what side he is on. Whether he would rebuke his own idiot son in public for it is another thing entirely.

[Tim4319]

8. Wow!

[FogerRox]

10. Papy had Zapata off shore--- oils wells within ELectronic eavesdropping

distance of Cuba.

Poppy also got into the Army Air corp in WW2 with out being a pilot or having 2 years of college, which were mandatory in WW2.
Unless your daddy was prescott Bush--
Read "American Dynasaty" by Kevin Phillips

[goclark]

29. Poppy says one thing and does another

He always keeps his hands clean and his deeds dirty.

That's why no one suspects him and he is GUILTY as hell.

GW is not in charge of ANYTHING.

Poppy IS!!!!!

[orpupilofnature57]

7. And he watched saddam do what ever he wanted. Where was he 11 /22/63

As much, no more than Shrub, PaPa has, as F.D.R said plucked the feather of democracy for his own nest.Who owned the boats they used for the bay of pigs?

[AntiCoup2K4]

18. Poppy was in Dallas on 11/22/63

But unlike any other adult alive at the time, he "can't remember" where he was when JFK was murdered.

But he knew enough to inform the FBI of a possible plot against the President......

It's quite possible that Poppy might have been hanging out at none other than the Texas School Book Depository when the assassination occurred.



I doubt he was the shooter, and the shot that killed Kennedy didn't come from that building anyway. But it's possible Poppy was the supervisor for the operation.

[orpupilofnature57]

21. Bingo, That 1 term, Generational welfare recipient.!!

Thanks for the Great photo.

[FogerRox]

30. GHWB superivised H. J. Hunt who ran the hit team

of cubans

[Sapphire Blue]

11. Interesting bit of info...

FAHRENHEIT 9/11: George H. W. Bush receives daily CIA briefings.

"One of the people who corresponded with {former ambassador Joseph} Wilson is George H. W. Bush, the only president to have been head of the C.I.A.-- he still receives regular briefings from Langley." Vicky Ward, “Double Exposure,” Vanity Fair, January 2004.

Former President Bush has made efforts to keep abreast of foreign affairs, partly by exercising his right to be briefed by CIA personnel about developments around the globe. Ha'aretz, “George Bush Sr. Vouches for Son's Support of Israel to the Saudis”, July 16, 2001.

http://www.michaelmoore.com/books-films/f911reader/index.php?id=19

[goclark]

32. Michael Moore was leaving us GIG hints about Poppy

If you really listen to what MM suggested about GHWB you'll know that he knows more than he was able to say in the film.

MM was dropping huge HINTS that Poppy was tucked tight in bed with the Saudi's. Why!

[caledesi]

12. Poppy was also ambassador to the UN. Freepers hate to admit

that since they hate the UN

[Tim4319]

14. Freepers are hypocrites!

Big fat hypocrites.

[orpupilofnature57]

19. They hate authority of any kind, Intellectual,Scientific,and Social.

[Lecky]

23. Wow, he has quite the resume.

- ambassador to the UN
- Head of the CIA
- Vice President of the USA
- President of the USA

[Jara sang]

13. this probably why his presidential papers haven't been released.

To cover the fact that he was in covert ops back in the fifties and sixties. Just my guess.

[Tim4319]

15. They hide everything else.

[orpupilofnature57]

17. Bush sr , uses the C. I .A like he still is president, daily!!he was a 1

term president, that won't go away.

[Sal Minella]

20. Not to mention Poppy insisting he was "out of the loop" on

Iran-Contra. He expected us to believe he had no idea any of the arms sales and money-shoveling was going on. His papers will no doubt show he was in it all up to his eyeballs, since God knows Reagan was none too clear on what was actually happening.

[Tim4319]

22. "What a tangled web we weave..."

[Swamp Rat]

25. Yes... Octafish has lots of links.

[DoYouEverWonder]

27. Joe Wilson told the folks at the DSM meet up today

that poppy had sent him a letter apologizing for what happened to him and the damage that it has done to his wife.

To bad he will never appologize publicly. It wouldn't be prudent.

[goclark]

33. The letter takes the focus off of Poppy

that is the way they are playing it, "Good Guy - Poppy" and "Bad Guy" --US.

[Octafish]

28. Poppy was the first secret policeman to become Prez.

When he was vice-president, Bush Sr. said that anyone who named a CIA agent was the most insideous kind of traitor -- or words to that effect.

Bush was only VP for a few months when John Hinckley was pinned for shooting Reagan. That would've made him Prez. Guess whose son was having dinner that night with Hinckley's brother, Scott? Why, it was old Neil Bush, son of the president. I mean, vice president and one-day president, and today brother of the president. Small world.

The Bush Family Evil Empire: A Crime Line of Treason

Some DUers don't believe there's a Vast Right Wing Conspiracy or even a Bush Family Evil Empire.

Hey, I'm a Democrat and respect other's opinions and views.
But I do believe in the VRWC and BFEE, perhaps more accurately termed the Bush Transnational Criminal Enterprise. Here's why:

Bush Crime Line

• Vietnam
• Bay of Pigs
• Chile
• Watergate
• October Surprise
• El Salvador
• Reagan Survives Hinckley and Bush
• NAZI Ethnics for Reagan-Bush
• Voodoo Economics
• INSLAW/Promis
• Haiti
• Iraq-gate / Banca Nazionale del Lavoro arms to Saddam
• BCCI Money Laundering for terror, intel and Pakistani nuke's Dr AQ Khan
• Savings & Loan scandal in general and Silverado in particular
• Iran-contra Guns/Drugs/Martial Law
• Gulf War I Glaspie Gives Go-Ahead
• Selection 2000 Shreds US Constitution
• Tax Cuts for UltraRich
• Criminal Justice Department
• Suicidal Environmental Policy
• ENRON Energy Policy
• 9-11 Criminal Negligence, at best; Treason, most likely
• Illegal Iraq Invasion
• Paperless Selection 2004

It’s interesting in reviewing the above list, just how much ultra-right, conservative Republican leadership has really been. More than a listing of criminality, the list demonstrates there have been many treasonous activites against “We the People” through “business opportunities” in the finance, energy, and defense industries.

There is one FAMILY name that runs through all the history, the four decades since the JFK administration. Since the very hour of President Kennedy’s death, and through the list of sinister events and unrelenting criminality noted above — a record of infamy stretching back 41 years today — appears the name George Herbert Walker Bush, a tradition continued by his son, George Walker Bush, beard of the BFEE.



SOURCE w /LINKS and Details:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=2748315

[Minstrel Boy]

31. Bush in '99: those who expose sources are "the most insidious of traitors"

"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."
Remarks by George HW Bush, at the Dedication Ceremony for the George Bush Center for Intelligence, 26 April 1999
http://www.cia.gov/cia/public_affairs/speeches/1999/bush_speech_042699.html

[DemonFighterLives]

34. Poppy the one continuous thread

that runs through all the evil deeds and corruption that has gripped our country since the 60's.

When all is revealed, the crime family will be shunned and should be tarred and feathered.

:argh: