members of the intelligence oversight committees are NOT allowed to take notes of their briefings, but the cia briefers are...wtf
tell me i heard wrong
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DamnYankee
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So the CIA can document the politicians' lies.
only problem is that it puts the person being briefed and the cia in the position oh he said she said with proof to verify either position
there is no way to verify the notes taken as there is only one original
any lawyer or defendant can say that is not what i was told, he is lying
DamnYankee
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Personal notes are always a good way to establish credibility with a judge or jury. I write "note to file" often myself just for that purpose. If a colleague's notes show a similar position, the credibility of both goes up geometrically.
true, but congress critters are not allowed to take note \s for security reasons
so what is to prevent the person doing the briefing from writing whatever they want
it is not that the cia is known for its truth telling vis a vis iraq
DamnYankee
Loyal to the end
Congress critters are not allowed because they can't be trusted. The CIA never lied about Iraq.
perhaps, but what have they withheld, one can lie effectively by ommission as well as commission
as for trusting congress critter or other elected/appointed officials...you want me to trust what?
DamnYankee
Loyal to the end
You trust the preponderance of evidence. Here we have several people telling a similar version of events, and one person telling a conveniently different version. Which side do you believe?
Actually, you can take notes, but the notes become classified and leave with the person who is presenting after they are properly labeled and cataloged. We used to have to label our 3x5 cards that we used to study with. We had to lock them away and could only study by going to where classifieds were stored. And we could get in some serious doo-doo if we didn't label them properly with the correct compartmentalization codes.
interesting
was this done?
my experience with security makes me loath to trust the cia
lies, cover-ups and omissions abound...even by congress critters
when it comes to the governments desire to protect itself, guilty until proven innocent should be the rule, but when it comes to the cia, i would tend to trust the congress critter before them...whether a dem or a rep