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	Name:	MrHodja -
	Subject:	A Comment About Intelligence
	Date:	3/7/2013 9:11:58 AM (updated 3/7/2013 9:13:37 AM)

And this is not directed at either side of this current discussion.

I see people saying "the intelligence said this" or "the intelligence said that", when, frankly nobody commenting on it has a clue as to what the intelligence really is. To know that a person has to have a security clearance that is higher than high, and part of getting such a clearance includes promising not to divulge it. Divulging it brings on criminal sanctions....and that is why Bradley Manning is being prosecuted right now.

Intelligence is classified to such a high level because we don't want our adversaries to know how much we know, and in particular, how we found out. There are all kinds of games being played between adversaries every day. An example is Cover and Deception. Just think about those two words, and then think about what the general public is being told.

During my time in uniform I was exposed to some fairly highly classified information and saw some interesting things happen. Won't (can't) go into any detail but (at least up to this current administration) what I saw gave me no reason to believe the information was being misused. What I am seeing as a constant modus operandi in the current administration though, leads me to believe Obama and his henchmen might possibly mis-use intelligence for political gain. Everything I have seen them do considers politics first and what is best for the country a distant second. I pray that I am wrong on them mis-using intel.