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2) If the US had stopped a very serious threat that was beyond the infancy stages we DEFINETLY would have heard about it. There is no way all the completely embattled agencies would not be tooting their own horn after saving thousands of lives...
[/ QUOTE ]This is incorrect. The CIA does many great and wonderful things that we will never know about. They don't care how popular they are because they are not up for election. Not even one revealed source is worth good publicity.
Of course that was before
this. For refuting the Bush Administration so many times during the 04 election, the CIA's days as a nonpolitical may be in danger.