02-10-2009, 11:13 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-10-2009, 11:44 AM by Helen Reyes.)
Ed Jewett Wrote:Friday, September 25, 2009
U.S. Intelligence Budget: $75 Billion, 200,000 Operatives. Fusion Centers Will Have Access to Classified Military Intelligence
Speaking at San Francisco's Commonwealth Club September 15, Director of National Intelligence Admiral Dennis C. Blair, disclosed that the current annual budget for the 16 agency U.S. "Intelligence Community" (IC) clocks-in at $75 billion and employs some 200,000 operatives world-wide, including private contractors...
audio here:
http://audio.commonwealthclub.org/audio/...omplete.rm
archive listen page here:
http://www.commonwealthclub.org/archive/...audio.html
You'll notice Blair starts his speech talking about Ambrose Bierce. In his deposition to the Warren Commission attorney, George de Mohrenschildt called Bierce the founder of the San Francisco Bohemian Club. The Bohemian Club/Grove lists Bierce as a former member but not as a founding member. A little trivia there.
The link for the local newspaper the Olympian's story of the fusion center spy moved, but another article is at http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/968262.html
A search of the newspaper using the name of the alleged spy, Towery, reveals 3 stories. It sounds like someone's pressing charges against him.