07-02-2011, 09:00 PM
Thanks for this, Jan.
Your use of the model supports George Michael's early contention that it is viable for most intel ops in general and deep political ops in particular.
Your example is fascinating insofar as you describe the Mechanics as being convinced that they were both Sponsors and Facilitators.
I believe that many of the JFK Facilitators were encouraged to believe that they also belonged on the Sponsor level. In other words, they were played for fools.
As for the JFK mechanics -- members of the responsible shooting teams -- I believe but cannot prove that they labored under no such illusion. These people were pros -- the best in the business. They could not have cared less about the Sponsors' identities.
It was get in, do the job, get out, and get paid.
But on to the point of this thread:
Are none of our normally loquacious and even eloquent 9-11 combatants prepared to participate in this exercise?
Your use of the model supports George Michael's early contention that it is viable for most intel ops in general and deep political ops in particular.
Your example is fascinating insofar as you describe the Mechanics as being convinced that they were both Sponsors and Facilitators.
I believe that many of the JFK Facilitators were encouraged to believe that they also belonged on the Sponsor level. In other words, they were played for fools.
As for the JFK mechanics -- members of the responsible shooting teams -- I believe but cannot prove that they labored under no such illusion. These people were pros -- the best in the business. They could not have cared less about the Sponsors' identities.
It was get in, do the job, get out, and get paid.
But on to the point of this thread:
Are none of our normally loquacious and even eloquent 9-11 combatants prepared to participate in this exercise?
Charles Drago
Co-Founder, Deep Politics Forum
If an individual, through either his own volition or events over which he had no control, found himself taking up residence in a country undefined by flags or physical borders, he could be assured of one immediate and abiding consequence: He was on his own, and solitude and loneliness would probably be his companions unto the grave.
-- James Lee Burke, Rain Gods
You can't blame the innocent, they are always guiltless. All you can do is control them or eliminate them. Innocence is a kind of insanity.
-- Graham Greene
Co-Founder, Deep Politics Forum
If an individual, through either his own volition or events over which he had no control, found himself taking up residence in a country undefined by flags or physical borders, he could be assured of one immediate and abiding consequence: He was on his own, and solitude and loneliness would probably be his companions unto the grave.
-- James Lee Burke, Rain Gods
You can't blame the innocent, they are always guiltless. All you can do is control them or eliminate them. Innocence is a kind of insanity.
-- Graham Greene