Don't mess with the intelligence guys
When the president starts blaming the CIA, the tables start to turn. It is a grave mistake for politicians, who clearly made a political decision to pursue a war with Iraq, to try to shunt the blame off onto career spooks, who take such things badly. We're at the point where, during Watergate, the Nixon Administration imploded as the FBI and CIA began their own defensive tactics. Richard Helms, the director of the CIA, may have instigated the Deep Throat leaks that allowed the truth about Watergate to come out in The Washington Post. It will be interesting to see what happens next.
Posted by Mitch Ratcliffe at July 11, 2003 10:05 AM | TrackBack