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Originally posted by theking
To simplify the issue...CIA agents are basically in the same position that Military Officers are in...they cannot subvert the policies of their Commander In Chief or they will be fired...the most famous firing being General MacArthur by then President Truman.
The CIA works for the Administration and no matter their personal feelings or political persuasion they cannot subvert the policies of the President...without consequences.
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1. It is a courts martial offense to obey an illegal order.
2. It is not the intelligence community's job to support policy, but to give the best intelligence possible. If that intelligence goes against policy, then by firing intelligence agents Bush is shooting the messanger.
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