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Octafish

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19. The late William Colby went canoeing without a paddle or his life jacket...

Reply to freshwest (Reply #17)

Sun Jul 15, 2012, 11:26 PM

Jul 2012

...or finishing his dinner.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=656831&mesg_id=657781

The guy ran the PHOENIX Program in Vietnam. He also headed the CIA when the "Family Jewels" fell out. His replacement, Poppy Bush, did a nice job of putting out the Congressional fires started by Frank Church and Otis Pike -- the last time the Agency has really been pilloried publicly by anyone in authority.

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I'm Suggesting Karl Rove should be in PRISON for Election Theft and MURDER [View all] Ghost of Huey Long Jul 2012 OP

the democratic party cares not about these issues nt msongs Jul 2012 #1

unfortunatly.... oldhippydude Jul 2012 #2

The crash doesn't appear to be a mystery to the NTSB hack89 Jul 2012 #3

They damaged their neutrality when they called those that wanted an investigation, "Conspiracy rhett o rick Jul 2012 #10

The NTSB does not use that phrase. hack89 Jul 2012 #13

Sorry, I jumped to a conclusion. It was a quote in the link you provided. nm rhett o rick Jul 2012 #14

This is just as silly as Dan Burton shooting pumpkins to prove the Clintons killed Vince Foster tritsofme Jul 2012 #4

Yes, a traitor and a murderer. Where were you from 2000 to 2008? just1voice Jul 2012 #8

Do you know how many CIA agents died after Plame was outed? proud2BlibKansan Jul 2012 #9

Why are you so certain he is not capable of murder? Do you think Machiavelli would balk at rhett o rick Jul 2012 #12

Is Rove responsible for all unexplained events, or just this one? cthulu2016 Jul 2012 #5

Then there's outing a CIA team, WMD conspiracy, torture camps, fake terror alerts just1voice Jul 2012 #6

Mike Connell never got on the Corporate McPravda radar. Thanks for remembering, Ghost of Huey Long! Octafish Jul 2012 #7

Didn't a former head of the CIA end up in a river? The world of the rich and dangerous is too weird! freshwest Jul 2012 #17

The late William Colby went canoeing without a paddle or his life jacket... Octafish Jul 2012 #19

Yes, I remember the Church Committee. The years between Nixon being pardoned and the Carter years. freshwest Jul 2012 #20

Similar in some odd details to Senator Wellstone's chrase... jimlup Jul 2012 #11

We're going to do a little spot check here... Scuba Jul 2012 #15

right on! nt chknltl Jul 2012 #16

Larisa Alexandrovna 90-percent Jul 2012 #18