28-02-2010, 06:03 AM
Dawn, et al,
Alas, we remain enmeshed in the process of elimination.
This tried and true investigatory method undoubtedly will help us -- as the late Larry Gelbart put it -- to get to the bottom of this case no matter how high it takes us.
One need not name the Sponsors in order to eliminate suspects.
Nor should one feel obliged to name the Sponsors prematurely in order to justify one's methods.
I could offer best guesses, but to do so at the current stage of the investigation would, I think, be counter-productive to our efforts.
That being noted, I must tell you that "the titles of the most secret groups" is a phrase that troubles me. It begs a novelistic response along the lines of "the Bildebergers" or "the Elders of Zion."
I'm afraid that the truth is far less poetic and far more deadly.
One more point: You concede that, "[W]e say 'the CIA did it' when we are really meaning the black ops section of that agency together with whatever entity they are in fact fronting for."
Here's a respectfully offered suggestion: Let us all make a commitment to say and write what we mean.
We must eschew euphemisms and rhetorical shortcuts if we are to succeed. Besides, it's the least we can do to honor the truth, justice, and all who have sacrificed so much in our shared struggle.
Charlie
Alas, we remain enmeshed in the process of elimination.
This tried and true investigatory method undoubtedly will help us -- as the late Larry Gelbart put it -- to get to the bottom of this case no matter how high it takes us.
One need not name the Sponsors in order to eliminate suspects.
Nor should one feel obliged to name the Sponsors prematurely in order to justify one's methods.
I could offer best guesses, but to do so at the current stage of the investigation would, I think, be counter-productive to our efforts.
That being noted, I must tell you that "the titles of the most secret groups" is a phrase that troubles me. It begs a novelistic response along the lines of "the Bildebergers" or "the Elders of Zion."
I'm afraid that the truth is far less poetic and far more deadly.
One more point: You concede that, "[W]e say 'the CIA did it' when we are really meaning the black ops section of that agency together with whatever entity they are in fact fronting for."
Here's a respectfully offered suggestion: Let us all make a commitment to say and write what we mean.
We must eschew euphemisms and rhetorical shortcuts if we are to succeed. Besides, it's the least we can do to honor the truth, justice, and all who have sacrificed so much in our shared struggle.
Charlie