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2005-07-28 Home Front: Politix

Former CIA officer sues to publish story of Binny's escape

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Posted by Dan Darling 2005-07-28 10:18|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 In a story he says he resigned from the agency to tell,

Shouldn't have bought that BMW so soon, he may have to return the royalty advance and cancel all the TV interviews he was lining up. The condo in the Carribean may need to be leased out too ...

Pfeh.

Posted by too true 2005-07-28 10:25|| 2005-07-28 10:25|| Front Page Top

#2 Coming soon to a grocery store checkout line near you.

Posted by Chris W.">Chris W. 2005-07-28 10:41|| 2005-07-28 10:41|| Front Page Top

#3 Sounds more like he's run afoul of the reigning Clintonians and Halfbrightians still infesting the Agency....

Whadda you say, Old Spook?

Posted by Bobby 2005-07-28 10:47|| 2005-07-28 10:47|| Front Page Top

#4 Sandy Berger is still checking his notes for the forward.

Posted by DepotGuy 2005-07-28 10:49|| 2005-07-28 10:49|| Front Page Top

#5 Sound like it to me too Bobby. Like I said before Bush needs to send out a lot of pink slips to straighten out the CIA.

Posted by Cyber Sarge">Cyber Sarge 2005-07-28 10:53|| 2005-07-28 10:53|| Front Page Top

#6 Yawn, just another hit piece. The only one who knows if OBL was at Tora Bora and was allowed to escape is OBL, the rest are just idle speculators and profiteers.

Oh, and they are all "Republican and avid Bush supporters" don't ya know.

Posted by Captain America 2005-07-28 16:50|| 2005-07-28 16:50|| Front Page Top

#7 A Republican and avid Bush supporter, Berntsen, 48, retired in June .... he also acknowledges he retired two years early because he ruffled senior management feathers. It was clear he wouldn't get further promotions.

He's having his mid-life crisis.

The intelligence community ought to develop some professional guidelines about the proper passage of time between leaving and publishing memoirs.

The public benefits when such memoirs eventually are published, but cases like this book are blantantly improper, in my opinion. Beyond the considerations of protecting sources and methods, his rush to publish is unprofessional and unsavory. He is profiting prematurely from inside knowledge obtained while on a government salary, and he is exploiting an opportunity to kick his superiors publicly while they cannot kick back.

Unfortunately, this kind of publication is becoming more common. I think the professional guidelines ought to dictate at least a decade between leaving and publishing.

That said, I must admit that I recently enjoyed reading the book First In: An Insider's Account of How the CIA Spearheaded the War on Terror in Afghanistan by Gary Schroen. It seems to me that he wrote most of the book during his last CIA assignment. And he publicly lambasts everyone who disagreed with him or crossed him during that assignment. But, my enjoyment of all that was wrong.
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Posted by Mike Sylwester 2005-07-28 19:25|| 2005-07-28 19:25|| Front Page Top

#8 Just a regular guy, with an agenda. WELL I DIDN'T GET A DECENT RETIREMENT EITHER!

Posted by Jack Rubenstein 2005-07-28 20:01|| 2005-07-28 20:01|| Front Page Top

#9 thanks for your ethics lecture, Kofi-boy

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-07-28 21:05|| 2005-07-28 21:05|| Front Page Top

#10 But, my enjoyment of all that was wrong.

It's all about MEEEEEEE!!!

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