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To: tekboy who wrote (18093)	6/24/2002 4:54:47 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) of 281500

the decision to go to war with Iraq was something to be made by people "above your paygrade," and the same holds for Baer. Having read the book, my take was that Baer kept Lake, et al, informed of what the Iraqi opposition was up to, they let the opposition go ahead and get ready to pull a "Coup", then Lake pulled the plug at the last moment. He was mainly pissed off at the double dealing with the insurgents. Baer hated Lake because of this, and was instrumental in making sure that he did not get confirmed as Director of the CIA. In any case, the mechanics of how the CIA "Ops" actually works and how bureaucratic it has become makes for a very interesting read. And a very discouraging one.

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