Upping the Ante
Dec 8th, 2007 at 9:15 am by Susie
Yeah, I figured it was something like this:
Retired Col. W. Patrick Lang, a former official in the Defense Intelligence Agency, reveals that senior CIA analysts pushed for the NIE’s key judgments on Iran to be released, threatening to speak to the media if they weren’t:
The “jungle telegraph” in Washington is booming with news of the Iran NIE. I am told that the reason the conclusions of the NIE were released is that it was communicated to the White House that “intelligence career seniors were lined up to go to jail if necessary” if the document’s gist were not given to the public. Translation? Someone in that group would have gone to the media “on the record” to disclose its contents.
Glad to see the intel community pushing back. If we cannot save ourselves, the military is our last hope.
All military officers are sworn to defend and support the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. We are now firmly stuck in an era where there are plenty of domestic enemies of the Constitution. I’m sure the neocons would rather run to their moms’ basements rather than go to jail.
Officers’ oath:
“I (insert name), having been appointed a (insert rank) in the U.S. Army under the conditions indicated in this document, do accept such appointment and do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter, so help me God.”