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Coyotl

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4. The advantage of a CIA Front is that they are not subject to the same rules.
Fri Mar 15, 2013, 10:19 AM
Mar 2013

Just like the bases on Indian Reservations skirt federal rules.

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Still short of the full admission, CIA created the FRONT! Coyotl Mar 2013 #1
And not only Blackwater/Xe/Advanti but there are other "Blakcwaters" dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #2
The advantage of a CIA Front is that they are not subject to the same rules. Coyotl Mar 2013 #4
The CIA created the enemy and has been doing so for decades. Skidmore Mar 2013 #27
We have always been at war with Goldstein & The Brotherhood Berlum Mar 2013 #42
"One court document even lists “Erik P” as a CIA officer himself." dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #3
Now I feel sick Demeter Mar 2013 #5
Does explain why they got all those no bid contracts for DOD dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #6
Maybe B*shCo is involved with importing and selling illegal drugs. AikidoSoul Mar 2013 #53
And this is a newsy surprise? Yawn... xtraxritical Mar 2013 #7
Sort of a free market SS then. Marr Mar 2013 #8
+1 excellent point. idwiyo Mar 2013 #41
We are not living in a democracy. JDPriestly Mar 2013 #9
Hopefully more and more people are waking up, JD. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #10
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^!SPARKAGE!^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Dryvinwhileblind Mar 2013 #15
This is an issue where libs and conservatives can find common ground, actually. reformist2 Mar 2013 #39
Prince is a strange character Paul E Ester Mar 2013 #11
spook work is a 1%-er tradition. it *is* their normal work. HiPointDem Mar 2013 #30
ugh ZRT2209 Mar 2013 #12
It sounds like the agency is being privatized one no bid contract at a time... midnight Mar 2013 #13
Interesting way to look at it... dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #23
It does look like the privateers are usurping our infrastructure... midnight Mar 2013 #28
We suspected as much nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #14
I said it before ProSense Mar 2013 #16
the employees had been acting under the orders of the US government. AlbertCat Mar 2013 #17
The CIA has used paramilitary groups throughout their long history.... OldDem2012 Mar 2013 #18
Gosh, a group known for murder, torture, subversion, spying, hires thugs to help them out. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2013 #19
DeVos, Amway, RW extremists-yep the CIA "had" to go there to accomplish it's fascist agenda K&R bobthedrummer Mar 2013 #20
Used to be the Mafia what got paid to do dirty work for gentlemen who didn't like dirty hands. Octafish Mar 2013 #21
Yikes....but then again, why am I surprised???? dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #24
A for-profit government agency? caseymoz Mar 2013 #22
A raise and apparently immunity from the rule of law Vinnie From Indy Mar 2013 #33
Do you remember when Rumsfeld sat in front of a Senate Committee.... bvar22 Mar 2013 #25
Thanks. I think many of us already figured this out. nt Zorra Mar 2013 #26
on the one hand, it's not surprising. On the other hand, it's a black eye for the CIA since these yurbud Mar 2013 #29
Hey yurbud... dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #31
family life keeps me busy lately. Thanks for shout out yurbud Mar 2013 #32
Amazing how the government will allow an agency to be Rex Mar 2013 #34
Evening Kick n/t johnnyreb Mar 2013 #35
Oh Canuckistanian Mar 2013 #36
It was a welfare program for rich people. David Zephyr Mar 2013 #37
Meglomania rich people. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #38
I like how they were all prosecuted for treason, warmongering and banksterism... Octafish Mar 2013 #48
"nothing more than probation, house arrest and $5,000 fines" progressoid Mar 2013 #40
k & friggin r! nt wildbilln864 Mar 2013 #43
Federal prosecutors have the DUTY to indict the outlaws in BOTH Blackwater & the CIA. Faryn Balyncd Mar 2013 #44
So this is proof that the government can order crimes to be committed with impunity hootinholler Mar 2013 #45
Well if the CIA "ordered this shit" dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #46
The unanswered question for the last half of the 20th century hootinholler Mar 2013 #47
Sprechen Sie Deutsch? Octafish Mar 2013 #49
thanks for the link to the National Archives! dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #50
Nyet, vui panameiyo nymanoga Russki?! Like Aldrich Ames, Robert Hansen, etc. Kick. bobthedrummer Mar 2013 #52
Anybody with half a brain could have figured this out kattycat Mar 2013 #51
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