Steve CoxKonto zweryfikowane

I feel ya brother. I do. It’s hard enough to come home from service to a country that has no clue what it’s like and 98% of whom will never don a uniform. But to watch the country for which you fought disintegrate in front of your eyes is almost too much. It’s nauseating.

It's pretty rich for a CIA head to be angry about an "assault on truth, the free press or the first amendment" though.

Really? And, why is that? Please enlighten us. Please let us know all of your experiences working in the intelligence community. I’ll wait.

Defensive much? The Gulf of Tonkin incident, which escalated the Vietnam War. Operation Mockingbird, which is/was about planting journalists and stories in our media... I could keep going. Can you tell me one time the CIA was the exclusive purveyor of truth to the people?

It’s not their job to be a purveyor of “truth” to the people. They provide information to elected officials who create policy and take action. Let us know when you’ve served in any similar capacity.

The American People their employers, you know. Here's another example: Nat Intel chief Clapper lied under oath about bulk data collection, later revealed by Snowden. He wasn't punished. He's frequently a guest on CNN and MSNBC.

The people of this country have a right, and a NEED, to know what their government is doing in order to steer this country's direction with our votes. This whole "If you weren't in the CIA then you don't understand" thing is complete idiocy.