Now there is something we can agree on...
-Original Message-
From: Jerry Barnes [mailto:critic...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, December 24, 2010 14:31
To: cf-community
Subject: Re: The State of the War on Man-mad Disasters: Holy Incompetence
Batman
"It doesn't really seem
"It doesn't really seem like we've gotten very far with the whole
intelligence thing."
The intelligence arm of the government has regressed in the last 20 years.
"We got good at keeping old ladies from taking applesauce onto planes and
whatnot though. "
The price of political correctness.
"
On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 8:35 AM, Jerry Barnes wrote:
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> "I bet Clapper just forgot to check FedBlog."
>
> Seems like the blame should be more on his staff for failure to brief him.
>
Well, shit *does* roll down hill.
Maybe he should have made sure he had good staff. =)p
Or maybe they are good
I bet there was some head rolling going on when he got back to the office...
-Original Message-
From: Jerry Barnes [mailto:critic...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, December 24, 2010 09:36
To: cf-community
Subject: Re: The State of the War on Man-mad Disasters: Holy Incompetence
Batman
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"I bet Clapper just forgot to check FedBlog."
Seems like the blame should be more on his staff for failure to brief him.
J
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Let me be clear: Im not normally in favour of boycotts, and I love the
American people. I holiday in their country regularly, and hate the tedious
snobby sneers against
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 3:39 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote:
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> Secondly, and maybe even more disturbing, was the apparent lack of
> communication between the US and the UK. Seems like this is the kind of
> thing that the UK used to give the US advance notice of. If they did given
> advance notice, w
On Monday, Britain arrested 12 men in an anti-terrorist sweep; the biggest
such sweep in two years. That same Monday, James Clapper, Director of US
Intelligence was interviewed by Diane Sawyer. Deviating from the normal
line of softballs given to officials in Democratic administrations, Diane
hi
