W. T. F.??
In July of 1962, I was assigned, as a fresh 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Air Force, to the NSA.
It was an Inter-Agency, or Joint, assignment within the United States Air Force Security Service (USAFSS). I learned that each of the Uniformed Services, at that time, similarly assigned members of their Services. Shortly thereafter (within a very few months) we experienced the Cuban Missile Crisis. As I remember, that was our most tense national security event, since Pearl Harbor! It was skillfully resolved, by President Kennedy, and his brother, the Attorney General, Robert Kennedy. They achieved this, in spite of intense pressures for WAR, from our Hard Right! We were all convinced, at that time, that we faced imminent death!
We were not similarly shaken, as a Nation, thereafter, until September 11, 2001. We are still living through an aftermath, in many ways, of that event. Thirty-nine years after the Missile Crisis, we were all shocked to learn that our Defenses were penetrated in ways that none of us thought was possible!
Following these events; 9/11, the Missile Crisis, and, also, the Bay of Pigs, in 1961, intense investigations of our Intelligence Agencies ensued. The results provided to the Public, were most confusing, and obfuscated my MEDIA; especially those following the investigations following 9/11. Our attack on Iraq, in response to 9/11; also was accompanied by confusing stories involving "Intelligence"!! Today, our House of Representatives is busy displaying its "intelligence" in a "Water-Gate-Style" political grilling of our former Secretary of State. If you are confused by all of this, WELCOME to the CLUB!!
It appears that a Political Party has consistently engaged, for more than twelve years, in playing partisan politics with the Intelligence Agencies of our Government! The horrific details of Snowden's activities adds yet another dimension to the mounting questions that surround the adequacy and quality of the Intelligence that is so necessary for any President of this Nation to lead us!! The American People should NEVER tolerate this! The House of Representatives cannot GOVERN in a way required by our Constitution; but they don't hesitate to spend large sums of our tax dollars, and all of their questionable talents, in these heinous pursuits??
Stay Vigilance! The Voters of this Nation should see clearly their need to CLEAN HOUSE in 2016!! We deserve a better State Department, a better Defense Department, and a better Intelligence Capability!!
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