Tuesday, August 03, 2004

Intelligence Czar

Tom sends a link to an article about the lies told to us by NORAD and the FAA regarding 9/11.

During the hearing, [Sen. Mark Dayton, D-MN] told leaders of the Sept. 11 commission, that, based on the commission's report, a NORAD chronology made public a week after the attacks was grossly misleading.

The chronology said the FAA notified the military's emergency air command of three of the hijackings while those jetliners were still airborne. Dayton cited commission findings that the FAA failed to inform NORAD about three of the planes until after they had crashed.

And, he said, a squadron of NORAD fighter planes that was scrambled was sent east over the Atlantic Ocean and was 150 miles from Washington, D.C., when the third plane struck the Pentagon -- "farther than they were before they took off."

Dayton said NORAD officials "lied to the American people, they lied to Congress and they lied to your 9/11 commission to create a false impression of competence, communication and protection of the American people."


The Worthless Commission, whose chairmen are allegedly being considered to man the post of head of the new agency, recommended the creation of an overlord of intelligence.

"What we're trying to do is force the sharing of information and then make one person responsible," [Chairman] Kean said.


It won't work.

We are so dense. If something isn't working, we try more of it. It seems to be a common human brain malfunction. Your kid didn't stop sneaking out of the house when you grounded him for a week, so you ground him for a month. The dog peed on the rug after you rubbed his nose in it the first time, so this time you whack him with a rolled up magazine while you rub his nose in it. And eventually, you will find the amount of force that works. Or not. You may get stuck in Iraq where there seems to be no end to the number of martyrs available. Maybe you'll have to nuke the world to control it.

Anyway. It won't work. It won't fix anything. If the heads of six intelligence agencies can lie, be bought, or otherwise controlled, then so can seven. Christ on a bicycle people, it's not rocket science. If the heads of twelve intellgence agencies are concerned about covering their asses, even if it means they have to cover up some pertinent bit of information, then the head of the thirteenth agency can be concerned about his ass, too.

You want somebody to make responsible, then why not the POTUS? He's at the top of the heap. Responsibility doesn't seem to reach that far for some reason I am unable to grasp.

And if the Congress or the Worthless Commission wants to delegate responsibility, they should probably start with themselves. They voted to give the Idiot in Chief powers the Constitution didn't. They didn't do any homework when issues came their way; they just voted "aye". You see where I'm going here. If people are not willing to actually take responsibility themselves, why on earth do they think they can appoint someone else to take it?

And just what does that mean anyway? When was the last time anybody in office took responsibility for anything and it made one iota of difference in what is happening?

Another agency, another position, won't fix anything.

I am reminded again of Jerry Brown in the presidential primaries back in whatever year it was that Bill Clinton was elected the first time around. Speaking at a debate, he said of the other candidates: You all want to go to Washington and tweak things when what we need is a crowbar.

....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.

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