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2005-01-12 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by God Save The World 2005-01-12 7:08:04 PM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 This seems like a guy who got greedy after helping the US to win the cold war - he got caught in the downdraft of the recession.

BUt then again, you have to consider the effects of such actions on people whoa re currently considering becoming "spies" for the US. IF they see the CIA screwing over (in their eyes, not ours) someone who helped them win the cold war, then how can we expect to have them beleive any of the promises we make to them now that we will take care of the spy and their family?

Tough case. I think its "penny-wise and pound foolish". And indicative of more mismanagement at CIA.

Posted by OldSpook 2005-01-12 10:42:11 AM|| 2005-01-12 10:42:11 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 And indicative of more mismanagement at CIA.

What I'd like to know is, did the CIA actually make that kind of a promise? Nowhere in the article is this established as fact, and the plaintiffs' they-told-me-so claim doesn't make it true.

If the paintiffs are simply trying to pull one over on the government, then the CIA needs to defend itself on that grounds, instead of saying that the plaintiffs have no legal right to sue, which sounds too much like a coverup of some sort (at least to me it does).

And if the CIA operatives did make that kind of promise, they should live up to it, and choose their words a bit more carefully the next time around.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-01-12 12:18:29 PM|| 2005-01-12 12:18:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 If the two are what they claim and the CIA broke their promises, then they should be eligible for compensation and damages. They performed a vital and dangerous mission for the US and the west. The consequences of them getting caught would have been execution. They earned at least the same protections of any US citizen.

Posted by ed 2005-01-12 12:35:47 PM|| 2005-01-12 12:35:47 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 This seems like a guy who got greedy after helping the US to win the cold war - he got caught in the downdraft of the recession.

BUt then again, you have to consider the effects of such actions on people whoa re currently considering becoming "spies" for the US. IF they see the CIA screwing over (in their eyes, not ours) someone who helped them win the cold war, then how can we expect to have them beleive any of the promises we make to them now that we will take care of the spy and their family?

Tough case. I think its "penny-wise and pound foolish". And indicative of more mismanagement at CIA.

Posted by OldSpook 2005-01-12 10:42:11 AM|| 2005-01-12 10:42:11 AM|| Front Page Top

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Posted by OldSpook 2005-01-12 10:42:11 AM|| 2005-01-12 10:42:11 AM|| Front Page Top

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