Name:   Talullahhound - Subject:   Know the feeling Date:   10/31/2019 6:44:35 PM

I never felt like a prostitue and thanks to a generous inheritence, in my later years of my career, I was never in the golden handcuffs.  In fact, I took an early out and retired at age 51.  

I don't believe in deep state or deep defense or deep anything.  I saw things done that I didn't necessarily agree with, and I only got very disgusted when Bush allowed Doug Feith to set up an alternate intel group who would cherry pick intelligence that supported what he wanted the President to believe.  As we know, that ended up with the invasion of Iraq.   That particular ball was never in my court, but I was close enough to see what was happening.