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How Obama’s Targeted Killings, Leaks, and the Everything-Is-Classified State Fused
If you missed my article on Obama’s Ultimate No-Fly List, targeted drone killings, and how they relate to his leaking of good news, prosecuting those who disclose bad news strategy, it is now available on a variety of outlets:
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Meloveconsullongtime said...
1testing whether I’ve been blocked
06/24/12 6:35 PM | Comment Link
lafcadio said...
2We definitely need more whisteblowers to come forward re the many roblems in our government.
For example. . .
Former CA Asistant Secretary Maura Harty was fired after helping to orchestrate the great passport debacle of 2007. Her sccessor and good buddy, Janice Jacobs, truly concerned about the Harty family income, created a GS-15 position for Maura’s hubby at a cool $144,835 a year. This is a position that never existed in CA before and was specifically create for Maura’s hubby. And it’s a position CA could do without.
Now PDAS MIchael Kirby, instrumental in this fraud, (he suposedly meets with Harty’s husband on a monthly basis) has been nominated as Ambaador to Serbia.
Hopefully, someone will put an end to these shenanigans!!
06/24/12 8:19 PM | Comment Link
wemeantwell said...
3The Bureau of Consular Affairs is indeed a cozy place, ridden with patronage. The tight group at the top does indeed care for each other well, handing out the few Africa Ambassadorships CA can influence to old pals, creating special jobs as needed, and with a never-ending set of “special adviser” positions and the like to allow loyal followers a comfortable place to chill in DC without much work as they run up their salaries. And since CA is funded by visa and passport fees, no pesky Congressional budget oversight. Sweet.
06/24/12 9:18 PM | Comment Link
lafcadio said...
4It’s true that CA is flush with money, and would probably have more if they had competently handled the recent upsurge in visa applications from the BRICS’s (Brazil, Russia,India China). But as we all know, competence and CA don’t go together.
The behavior here (hiring Harty’s husband to a big money mak work job) is something you expect to find in a corrupt city council, and shouldn’t be presentin in the USG.
06/25/12 10:08 AM | Comment Link