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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-16-09 09:57 AM
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Simple question Is the government exposing a CIA agent
worse than stating that the CIA has mislead Congress?

M$Greedia appears confused.
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RandomThoughts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-16-09 10:27 AM
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1. If the CIA agent is doing wrong.
Is not acting in the best interest of society, as defined by society. Then there are systems to remove them. If those systems fail, or need to be reworked, like checks and balances, then what needs to be done to fix them is ok.

So saying a CIA person lied, or outing them for prosecution, if they were wrong, can be allowed and ok at some times.

However outing or calling them a liar to trump up a war of aggression, would be wrong.

It depends on the circumstances and the reasons.

For instance, if there was a guy from the CIA in a news room, sitting by the camera on the right side of a pundit, watching a broadcast, and those broadcast went against the best interest of the American people or society as a whole, there is an argument that it is required to call them on lying, and to expose them, removing the secrecy they need to deceive.

But that would seem ridiculous, because the CIA is not suppose to work inside the USA borders anyway, so if any of that is happening, there are issues there to begin with.

And this idea holds true for NSA, Homeland Security, FBI, or a political agent.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-16-09 10:36 AM
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2. Think
Joe Wilson
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RandomThoughts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-16-09 10:39 AM
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3. However, it is entirely possible.
That corporate people are trying to create an image that they are attached to some intelligence agency they are not.

If the MSM can get people to believe they are double secret squirl agents of a boogey man, then a corporate person can use that to propell an agenda.

To do that the corporate person must first create the illusion they are part of some group like CIA.

Then they must paint that group as a boogey man to scare people.

If that is done, it is part of illusion and manipulation. But not part of national security.
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-16-09 10:42 AM
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4. if that agent is not 'politically aligned', then it's probably okay
:sarcasm:
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-16-09 11:11 AM
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5. LOL
By the way I meant misled but it's too lade to edit. :D
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