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Foxes in Charge of Intelligence Hen House<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n
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Recent revelations of \u201cinadvertent\u201d deletions of electronic data at the FBI and NSA relating to alleged felonies are being described as a \u201cfoul-up,\u201d but the\u00a0intelligence agencies\u2019 track record suggests a possibly more nefarious explanation, explains Ray McGovern in this op-ed.<\/p>\n

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We learned in recent days that the FBI and the National Security Agency \u201cinadvertently\u201d deleted<\/a> electronic messages relating to reported felonies, but one noxious reality persists: No one in the FBI or NSA is likely to be held to account for these \u201cmistakes.\u201d<\/p>\n

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NSA Headquarters at Fort Meade, Maryland<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

It is a 70 year-old tradition. Today\u2019s lack of accountability is enabled by (1) corruption at the top of intelligence agencies; (2) the convenient secrecy behind which their leaders hide; (3) bureaucratic indignities and structural flaws in the system; (4) the indulgence\/complicity of most of the \u201cmainstream media;\u201d and (5) the eunuchs leading the Congressional \u201coversight\u201d committees, who \u2014 history shows \u2014 can be bullied by threats, including blackmail, a la former longtime FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover.<\/p>\n

It is a safe bet, though, that neither the FBI nor NSA have deleted their holdings on key Congressional leaders \u2014 including House Democratic minority leader Nancy Pelosi, who used to boast about her very long tenure as head of the House Intelligence Committee, only to complain later that \u201cthey [intelligence officials] mislead us all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n

In fact, Pelosi was briefed by the NSA and CIA on all manner of crimes, including warrantless surveillance of U.S. citizens, in violation of the Fourth Amendment, and torture.<\/p>\n

The lack of intelligence accountability has created a kind of perfect storm, enabling felonies and lesser mischief ordered by those sitting atop the intelligence community. While press reports indicate that the Congressional oversight committees now have \u201cexplosive\u201d documentary proof \u2014 not yet deleted \u2014 of such crimes, it remains to be seen whether the committees will have the courage to do their duty under the law.<\/p>\n

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