February 4th 09, 08:52 PM
posted to rec.aviation.military,sci.military.naval,rec.aviation.military.naval
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F-35, not F-22, to Protect U.S. Airspace
On Feb 4, 3:19*pm, Bill Kambic wrote:
On Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:47:06 -0600, Ian B MacLure
wrote:
* * * * * *Funny you should mention that cause theres a PBS show on right
* * * * * *now about what was known about the 9/11 and how the FBI who had
* * * * * *agents assigned to the CIA unit tracking Bin Laden could not legally
* * * * * *be told what the CIA knew. So far all the narrative takes place
* * * * * *well prior to mid January 2001.
Ayup. *The FBI and CIA always had separate spheres of influence but,
IIRC, the legal prohibition on sharing information dates to the '70s
when "anti-war activists" got the Congress to forbid exchanges of
information. *I'm sure they thought they were dealing with an abuse of
power stemming from Viet Nam War era activities; just one more
demonstration of the Law of Unintended Consequences.
It remains to be seen what kind of "change" the new guy will put in
place in DC. *So far he is a Master of the Media and Sultan of
Soundbites. *The substance of anything is yet to be known.
example
http://www.csmonitor.com/2001/1217/p2s1-usgn.html
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