[LarryLied]

These were once the main topic of interest on FR. You can read much of what was posted here:http://www.alamo-girl.com/

Alamo-girl did and does a super-human job of archiving the important information.

Very often a story has been reported by five or six media outlets and all have been posted. One or two will received the majority of replies.

[Alamo-Girl]

Indeed, Free Republic has been all over the national security story for years. The horrific consequences of Clinton's "Presidential Openness Initiative" has been a big concern - but there are many others, all documented in the Downside Legacy.

IMHO, it is difficult to keep the discussion focused on national security because it takes effort on the part of the reader. It seems altogether too easy to distract the public's attention away from national security.

In that regard, I wonder if the bombing of Kosovo which began when the Cox/Dicks committee report was due to be released, was a "wag the dog?"

Likewise, I wonder if the willingness of Monica to cooperate with Starr and fork over the blue dress - which happened just when the Chinese espionage was making front page news, was a "wag the dog?"