Comments on: CIA VS. THE WHITE HOUSE: THE VIPS CONNECTION

By: Joust The Facts

Joust The Facts — Fri, 05 May 2006 12:57:08 +0000

Furtive Glances - Too Much To Cover Edition

Okay, there are a lot of stories percolating. You should consider each section an update as you read, and the updates, hopefully, will continue this morning time permitting. You Make The Call: The Boston Herald, quoting an anonymous source (so

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Rumsfeld heckled … by wacko conspiracy theorist Ray McGovern

Fri, 05 May 2006 00:57:29 +0000

[...] But there’s more still. McGovern belongs to a group of ex-intel officials called Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, or VIPS. VIPS is known for — no, I’m not kidding — encouraging intelligence operatives to undermine the war in Iraq by leaking information. As McGovern himself put it in a September 2004 op-ed, “[l]eaking can be patriotic.” Here’s Rick Moran’s lengthy post about VIPS from April 25th speculating about the group’s possible role in the flood of intel leaks Porter Goss is hard at work trying to stop. [...]

By: The Dragon and the Phoenix

The Dragon and the Phoenix — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 15:29:47 +0000

The CIA’s War on the Bush White House

Fascinating must-read on Rightwing Nuthouse, via Hot Air

By: Super Fun Power Hour

Super Fun Power Hour — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 11:07:27 +0000

Mary McCarthy - Day 5

Wow, miss a half of a day, miss alot.

Mary McCarthy has hired super-defense lawyer, Ty Cobb who says, naturally, his client is innocent.

A primer on Cobb:

Cobb is a partner in the powerhouse law firm of Hogan & Hartson, Clinton National Securit

By: Ken McCracken

Ken McCracken — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 09:05:12 +0000

Geez Rick you know, I said ‘never assume conspiracy when stupidity will suffice’ and I really don’t think there is a conspiracy here.

But, man, as this stuff is piling up, I might have to get a new tinfoil hat fitted - this is all starting to blow up into something beyond a conspiracy and into an actual shadow insurrection in our intelligence community.

What’s the frequency, Kenneth?

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » CIA Leak: DNC to Organize Defense Fund for McCarthy?

Wed, 26 Apr 2006 05:55:38 +0000

[...] If you missed Rick Moran’s post earlier about who some of those “associates” might be, make amends. [...]

By: Svenghouli

Svenghouli — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 02:53:25 +0000

Has anyone noticed that movies involving the CIA as a shady organization has a disappeared? Even the shows like the Boondocks have replaced CIA with Reagan as the cause of AIDS, crack, and poverty of the black community. It makes me wonder. Does this mean that Hollywood now sees the CIA as an incompetent and no longer this shadowy evil entity? Or do they see them as an ally to promote their idealogies. With being said……

“Cockburn” LOL If I had a name with that I would want revenge on all of the popular kids.

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » CIA Leak Update: Backtrack?

Hot Air » Blog Archive » CIA Leak Update: Backtrack? — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:06:48 +0000

[...] More on today’s WaPo article from Steven Spruiell, who’s being cautious, and AJ Strata, who isn’t. Meanwhile, Rick Moran looks at VIPS, an organization which may or may not have anything to do with McCarthy but which might very well pop up later in other contexts as leak crackdown ‘06 unfolds. [...]

By: Sirius Familiaris

Sirius Familiaris — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 21:14:20 +0000

One would think that if disgruntled former and present CIA employees were actively trying to unseat a sitting United States President, they would be more competent in the execution of their plans. But then again, I suppose this is the same CIA that failed to derail the September 11 attacks.

That said, if it turns out that this is part of a bigger conspiracy, it would be nothing less than an attempted coup d’etat…how do you suppose the MSM, Dhimmicratic Party and the retired generals are going to explain this one away?

By: tyk

tyk — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 19:22:03 +0000

Scrapiron.
I can’t figure out if these people you write about are dangerous. Maybe it is simply a collection of people who have difficulty seeing past the ends of their noses. Try asking them what they think would happen if we took our troops out of Iraq. The ones I have asked don’t seem too have given it thought. Maybe just the agitation is what they wish for. The Kerensky government fell because there was a perfectly balanced stalemate in political power that allowed Lenin, who had only about 20,000 followers (well disciplined followers), to get his hands on the levers of power. Our moonbats don’t seem to be disciplined, and seem to be doing nothing but screaming shrilly. But, then, that also is all that Lenin did.