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| Freeman walks away from US intel slot |
| 2009-03-11 |
| Charles Freeman, the controversial choice to chair the US National Intelligence Council, withdrew from the position on Tuesday, hours after top intelligence officials defended his selection. "It seems you can get away with murder---if your name is Vorkosigan." "If you really believe this, why are you blocking my way?" |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #9 "Space ballet"? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-03-11 23:18 |
| #8 I guess Bill Ayers can still have hope...... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2009-03-11 18:08 |
| #7 The first book has a really good possible rotating title for the front page... "They think they're the wave of the future, but it's just sludge flowing downhill." |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2009-03-11 18:04 |
| #6 boo hoo-the anti semetic douchenozzle still has his saudi 401k to fall back on--he should be buried UNDER an israeli lobby in a building in dizengoff square intel aviv--symetry would've been nice though--an anti american intelligence assessor to go with an anti american president--what's with this dennis blair--navy guys are such pacifist internationalist weenies--more like tufts diplo grads than hard core patriots--are they still taking it up the bum at sea? |
| Posted by: SON OF TOLUI 2009-03-11 15:14 |
| #5 I read (and still have) the whole Vorkosegan series, great, whatever you call it. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-03-11 12:45 |
| #4 It is disturbing that "top intelligence officials defended his selection". Doesn't really sound all that intelligent. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2009-03-11 12:15 |
| #3 Supposing there were no Jews and no Israel, and no Israel Lobby for him to rant against, would I then be expected to be happy with a NIC chair who cheered on the butchers of Tiananmien square? |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2009-03-11 10:56 |
| #2 (a) The Vorkosigan Saga is not space opera---it's space ballet. (b) If you belive, like Chas Freeman, that Israeli Lobby rules Washington to the detriment of USA, and have expressed this opinion in public numerous times---don't go looking for a USG job that affects Israel. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-03-11 10:48 |
| #1 Love your taste in space opera, but I don't see the connection between the quote and the news item. Is Freeman getting married to a recent widow or something? |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2009-03-11 09:58 |