Oh sure, a CIA-picked president is going to ditch the CIA![COLOR="red"]
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That's not what I wrote is it? Over and out.
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Oh sure, a CIA-picked president is going to ditch the CIA![COLOR="red"]
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That's not what I wrote is it? Over and out.
Good but obsolete line of thinking. There will never again be a president the CIA disapproves of. They control the machines.[/QUOTE]
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