Pierce of Esquire masterfully takes down the CIA (and by extension the Obama Administration) in one deftly-written column:

http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/obama-cia-john-brennan-031414

One of Pierce's best columns, imo (and it has some tough competition).

A good read.... and on target, in my opinion.

"Its long history of crimes and bungling have created a climate within the intelligence community that is anathema to intelligent self-government. The president is the only one who can change that. It's time that he start the job."

I believe that is one of the main reasons he was assassinated. Most of us have seen the fuzzy picture of a man who looks like George H.W. Bush in Dallas the day Kennedy died. Bush himself declares he cannot remember where he was that day....

It has taken a long time for the pieces to start to fit together but that day has arrived.

As a political observer who lives 15 miles outside of DC but worked inside for decades, I am very fond of saying the problem with DC is that everyone thinks they really run it. The CIA is no different.

I also believe Kennedy's death is one reason why no President will take that agency on -- including President Obama.

Sam

should read Bugliosi's Reclaiming History. Bugliosi builds a convincing case for LHO as the lone assassin and deftly deconstructs and demystifies most of the regnant CT around the murder, including the CIA-Pentagon nexus. He also provides a convincing 'motive, means and opportunity' case for LHO operating alone.

That said, President Obama needs to finish the work JFK, who promised after the Bay of Pigs to splinter the CIA into '1,000 pieces.' The CIA isn't protecting us from anyone (9/11 anyone?) and have gotten most of the major world developments of the past 35 years wrong, starting with the break-up of the USSR and proceeding apace.

He was one of Lydon Johnson's attorneys and has a lot of evidence included in the book to justify his assertions.

Sam

I have seen those documents before and I believe in their authenticity. George H.W. Bush has been all over the place on this subject. I am sure you remember when he was publicly asked where he was that day, he said he could not remember. That answer, of course, was met with scorn and ridicule. I personally believe he knew in advance President Kennedy would be assassinated and the best way he could play his role was to say and do one thing in private apparently trying to appear helpful in the investigation but publicly playing the I don't remember card. The CIA regarded our President as a threat to our security because he refused to enter a war with Russia over the Bay of Pigs, he planned to withdraw our presence from Vietnam as opposed to escalating it, and worst of all, he was planning to strip the CIA itself from the power it had usurped from both the Executive and Legislative Branches of our legitimate government.

Sam

...because to believe otherwise is to believe that the President is either a weak puppet being controlled by others, or a conspirator in keeping the real control of the CIA secret.

And since you haven't provide evidence for either of those CTs.....

and spying on the Senate Intelligence Committee...and not being reined in by President Obama? Exactly what kind of evidence would convince you?

Do you trust CIA?

What do you think would happen if the executive branch "declared war" ,as it were, on the CIA?

I think we're run by a shadow government that the 1% has approved for us and elections are just another form of bread and circus for us proles.

accept that explanation than many of the others. There is a shadow government, Darth even made the mistake of mentioning it back in the later part of 2001... they are still there puppeteering.

Our Shadow Government made up of people from the Banks,Military Contractors,and Uber Wealthy folks here and in Germany. Follow the money. Btw.Obama is not going to oppose any of these particular groups.remember what happened to JFK,Mlk,and Bobby Kennedy,all were threats to the CIA and the rest is History.

Okay I kid a bit, but seriously who owns the world? Well, I think the Cold War established who owns it - mega corporations and the nations they control.

Coupled with the various other mega conglomerates that keep societies entertained, edumaked, informationaled and when the time is called for...scared, angry, outraged at those that are outraged, something else besides what the government wants people to know. In the Information Age, no modern country is immune they all have the sickness now. An infection from sharing the internet globally, that has no cure but more money.

Of course America owns the biggest machine. China might have passed us up GDP, but they pale in comparison to our mighty machine.

The various owners of the conglomerates that created the MIC, own the CIA and everything else in the world. Every superpower has it's own MIC and CIA. At least the countries that are not done with the Cold War. Other countries might have one or the other.

Oh sorry, the War on Drugs...er no...the War on Christmas...wait...the War on the Middle Class...shit pick your war. What flavor of item do you need to combat all that ails you my friend...WAIT...War on Terror! Just cost you a few dollars, make your enemies prostrate in front of you in no time!

And on the insanity will go until all the money in the world is worthless to the common person everywhere.

Its an exclusive club where the elites, the banksters and the extremely wealthy get to do whatever they please including conducting medical experiments, assassinations, smear campaigns, transport child sex slaves, transport drugs, transport weapons, fund terrorists and other hardline groups without worrying about legal repercussions so to answer your question, they answer to the same people the Presidents do including George Bush.

The President is nothing more than a spokesperson for their agenda.

...I think.

than you must believe he's a lot smarter than people give him credit for. Personally, I think the people that REALLY run the CIA won't be seen within a 1000 miles of it, or have their names on any buildings.

And compare that to his speech patterns as President.