“This is simply fascinating! Why have I never heard this before?” Referring to the lame ass theory that the CIA was “crippled” from it’s inception in 1947.

Are you kidding me? Grow up kid!
Kissing ass is not journalism.

We created the mercenary mafia that attacked us! That’s not a “conspiracy theory”, no sane person denies that.

It’s not a “failure of intelligence” or “bureaucratic incompetence”.

And of course those who want our society to be organized as an empire instead of a republic are for getting the republic out of the way and blame it for all our problems.

How pathetic!

The author’s answers were clear and concise. I’ll get her book. The interviewer, on the other hand, was not clear and concise: For example, Josh, don’t say something, and then restate it without improving on your first attempt. Irritating!

America’s Dysfunctional Intelligence Agencies ... How about all of America’s agencies are dysfunctional! Greed, incompetence, special interest lobbies, politics, lack of oversight ... these are just some of the reasons. Government regulators end up working for the companies, or governments they were previously supposed to regulate. Political cronyism gives us incompetent administrators who end up sleeping at the wheel. Corrupt Dictators who force their people to live in squalor, while they rape their country’s resources ... resulting in desperate populations who are putty in the hands of fanatical religious extremists. Arms traders putting millions of AK47’s in the hands of hopeless minions, with nothing to lose. Oil companies and other entities with billions of dollars invested with totalitarian regimes in the middle east, in banana republics, and other parts of the world. Fanatical groups in this country, who preach current events as the inevitable biblical struggle between Christianity and Islam. These are just a few of the disconnects. However, there will always be prejudiced observers with limited awareness, who proclaim simplistic explanations ... such as blame it all on our relationship with Israel. It doesn’t take a weatherman to know which way the wind blows!