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To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (105161)	7/13/2003 8:41:46 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

<<Sure. Based on super-duper-secret evidence, so secret they didn't share it with anybody, not even the CIA. >> There might be a reason they secret that info. Like our guy Jacob Snyder in Iraq tells us ... That gets out and Jacob Snyder lives a short and painful life.

To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (105161)	7/13/2003 10:55:52 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Respond to of 281500

Sure. Based on super-duper-secret evidence, so secret they didn't share it with anybody, not even the CIA. We do the same to them. Every intelligence service has its own policies for protecting sources and methods. They are certainly NOT going to sacrifice one of their human agents merely so people like yourself can feel like you have all the same information that Bush (or any president) possesses. You want to know all that information, then join the CIA and work your way up to become DCI. I elect people to represent me as my political leadership. I rely upon the checks and balances that in place to insure that minimal potential exists for deliberate abuse of power and office. I don't pretend to think I have a right to know all the sensitive intelligence information upon which strategic policy decisions are made. There are human lives at stake.. People who take extreme risks to their personal safety in order to provide US intelligence agencies the "inside scoop" on the intentions of foreign leaders and powers. If you don't like it, then vote for someone else during the next election. But don't expect them to be anymore up-front with you about "sources and methods". Hawk