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Re: Who you gonna believe? said by roc5955:Nobody served time regarding the Iran Contra affair. Look it up. I don't do other people's homework.
You are correct and I was wrong, I was thinking about them being arrested. I went and checked Wikipedia and was reminded that in fact North and Poindexter were convicted and would have gone to jail, but their convictions were overturned on appeal because of, essentially, government prosecutorial stupidity.
Denying that Bush and others lied to Congress, the UN and others to get us into the Iraq debacle will not make it so. You can believe the misinformation, and that's just how crooked governments work.
For a really good and thoughtful analysis from the WashPost, see here.
Regarding conspiracies, you can prove a conspiracy by looking at prior behavior, and extrapolating it to the current situation.
As far as whistle blowers, if you read the article in WIRED here, »www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/0···eblower/ you will find this:
...(snip)....
So I ask, who are you going to believe, the NSA's "official" spokesperson, or THE GUY WHO BUILT THE FREAKIN' SYSTEM?!?!?!
My opinion is that he is the classic disgruntled techie/scientist type who is pissed that his stupid employer did not support his obviously brilliant concept and went a different direction. But mags like Wired etc. just eat up his rants because they reinforce the narrative they have already programmed in their heads. |
