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There Ain’t 17 Intelligence Agencies
Townhall.com ^ | January 22, 2017 | Bruce Bialosky

Posted on 01/22/2017 1:47:23 PM PST by Kaslin

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To: Kaslin

Democrats and neocon nuts need who work for the CIA need to be fired.


21 posted on 01/22/2017 3:33:58 PM PST by Impy (Toni Preckwinkle for Ambassador to the Sun)
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To: Kaslin

Here is a list of the 16 members of the US “Intelligence Community”. As of 2010 there were 1,271 government organizations and 1,931 private companies in 10,000 locations in the United States that are working on counterterrorism, homeland security, and intelligence.

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Twenty-Fifth Air Force
Intelligence and Security Command (Army)
Office of Naval Intelligence
Marine Corps Intelligence
Defense Intelligence Agency
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
National Reconnaissance Office
National Security Agency
(note: The NSA Director simultaneously serves as the Commander of the United States Cyber Command and as Chief of the Central Security Service.)

HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard Intelligence
Office of Intelligence and Analysis

INDEPENDENT
Central Intelligence Agency

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence

STATE DEPARTMENT
Bureau of Intelligence and Research

TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
Drug Enforcement Administration
Federal Bureau of Investigation


22 posted on 01/22/2017 4:01:27 PM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Friday, January 20, 2017. Reparations end.)
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To: alloysteel

Well put.


23 posted on 01/22/2017 4:14:24 PM PST by WENDLE (This is the greatest President since George Washington!! It's HERE!!)
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To: PLMerite; WENDLE; Kaslin; yefragetuwrabrumuy; alloysteel

from my experience in US Army Intel, these service intel agencies

Twenty-Fifth Air Force
Intelligence and Security Command (Army)
Office of Naval Intelligence
Marine Corps Intelligence
Defense Intelligence Agency
(list courtsey of yefragetuwrabrumuy, post #22)

focus on tactical, operational, and strategic MILITARY FORCE threats in their area of expertise. Their focus is NOT on the of the “fake news/disinformation” of the type behind the “17 agencies....” balderdash.


24 posted on 01/22/2017 4:38:26 PM PST by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: GreyFriar

These need not be freestanding.They need one administration and one cabinet officer.We are BROKE.Need to slim down on bureaucraps . NOW!!


25 posted on 01/22/2017 4:43:01 PM PST by WENDLE (This is the greatest President since George Washington!! It's HERE!!)
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To: Vendome

You made my day! Thanks! ROFL.


26 posted on 01/22/2017 7:59:37 PM PST by generally ( Don't be stupid. We have politicians for that.)
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To: Pagey

The fact that she was aware there were 17 means that she was carefully crafting her obfuscation.

I have several opinions and guesses as to why.

4. Her donors are hopping mad that the candidate they thought was bought, paid for, and in their pocket, is now just a granny in Depends and completely out of the loop. No power to sell. She can’t deliver and she can’t give them a refund. She needs a plausible excuse.

3. Nothing is ever her fault. She needs someone to blame.

2, This was a pre-emptive strike so that she would have plausible deniability in the event that there is an investigation into election fraud. Since 99% of election fraud is perpetrated by democrats, she is attempting to misdirect responsibility from the democrats to the Russians.

And the #1 reason:
1. She, and many, many others, desperately need to distract attention from Pizzagate in order to avoid long jail sentences.


27 posted on 01/22/2017 8:08:03 PM PST by generally ( Don't be stupid. We have politicians for that.)
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To: Kaslin

GOOD INFO.

Lots of doors to break into but then one could say it helps to compartmentalize

vigilance is needed and a throwing out of political correctness.


28 posted on 01/22/2017 9:16:15 PM PST by TomasUSMC (FIGHT LIKE WW2, WIN LIKE WW2. FIGHT LIKE NAM, FINISH LIKE NAM.)
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To: Kaslin

Put this in the same category as “97% of climate scientists”, as both use a phony “consensus” to get all their unquestioning bobble-head followers to nod-in agreement and instantly dismiss any contrary arguments, because ... but ... but ... THE CONSENSUS!


29 posted on 01/23/2017 4:56:56 AM PST by zencycler
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To: GreyFriar

On the surface, the real oddball just outside of the DoD group is Coast Guard Intelligence. While on the surface it belongs in Homeland Security, it is also hand and glove with the U.S. Public Health Service, under HHS, especially the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.

That is, before foreign ships can dock in US ports, they must be inspected both by the Coast Guard and by the USPHS, to insure no smuggled or prohibited cargo or weapons or communicable diseases.

Early on, the Public Health Service realized that foreign sailors didn’t care one whit about civilians inspecting them, and only paid attention to naval uniforms, which is why they, up to the Surgeon General, now wear the uniforms of commissioned officers sometimes.

So the Coast Guard has to ferry the doctors as well as carry out their own duties. Oh, and if the foreign ship has some nasty disease on it, the Coast Guard ship is tasked with preventing it from approaching the US until the all clear as given, implicit that the same rule applies to the CG ship if any of their personnel are taken down.

And in some cases, the Coast Guard is bundled with the Merchant Marine, which in time of war is under the Navy as auxiliaries, but in peacetime is either civilian or federally owned ships.

Of course, most of CG Intelligence is about drug interdiction, so lots of ties with the DEA under the Justice Department. Complicated, but it works.


30 posted on 01/23/2017 6:00:20 AM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Friday, January 20, 2017. Reparations end.)
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To: Vendome

Keyboard spew alert


31 posted on 01/23/2017 10:05:35 AM PST by SteveH
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To: WENDLE
Can you imagine the Billions in duplicated administration and purchasing.

Bureaucracy is always wasteful.

32 posted on 01/23/2017 4:41:42 PM PST by SuziQ
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