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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: JohnM who wrote (31760)6/6/2002 10:17:01 PM
From: paul_philp  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 

Okay, Paul, so you like it. How do you feel about the absence of the FBI and the CIA? Is that a problem? Should they have been included?


No. The FBI is a criminal investigation organization not a criminal prevention one. They belong with the Dept. of Justice and their function is still needed. The CIA has an external-only focus by charter. They play by different rules and need to be left to do their job.


That the Bush people are paying too much attention to the immediate political spin--trying to smother the bad news from congressional investigations--and not enough to getting the job done?


Better late than never. I think GB2.0 is personally and politically allergic to large government. He would have been very reluctant to put this in place. This announcement has the combined benefit of helping Bush during a period of bad news AND being the right thing to do. One could even imagine that he accelerated the announcement to quell the fears raised by the recent news of 'intelligence failings'.


And how will the those who fear a larger federal government, particularly the right wing of Bush's party react?


They will be torn. They will be sympathetic for the need to be strong and they will hate another new goverment agency. The futher to the right the less they will like this. I think it will get a smooth ride and strong approval from a wide spectrum of people.

Paul
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