Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: cosmicforce who wrote (347030)	1/23/2003 10:10:18 PM
From: KonKilo	Respond to of 769670

The bad news is that they will just slip it into the black budget and Congress will never know. Or am I just cynical? I had that same thought, reading the article. I guess that makes us a pair of cynics.

To: cosmicforce who wrote (347030)	1/24/2003 10:11:57 AM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

cosmicforce, Re: The bad news is that they will just slip it into the black budget and Congress will never know. Or am I just cynical? Not cynical enough. What will happen is the same thing that happened with the Office of Stategic Influence(OSI). The DoD will maintain the contracts with the contractors to Poindexter's nest of spies but will simply have the TIA disappear, only to reappear under some other rubric in a year or two, similarly to the the way that OSI has morphed into the Office of Global Information. Congress will be completely "in the know" about this transformation but will be powerless to act in opposition to the scheme. Democrats who would be considering "outting" the scoundrels like Poindexter who are working the scam will be strong-armed and warned that they'll be treated worse that Rep. Cynthia McKinney should they attempt to blow the whistle. Political pressure will make sure that we will continue have the TIA, but it simply becomes even more opaque in the future as you suggest. -Ray