I would have been more shocked if an article came out stating that the CIA has absolutely no secret bases anywhere in the world.

Shame on the Washington Post. In its Nov. 2 edition, the Washington Post broke a story about Central Intelligence Agency secret prison camps around the world.

Of course this means those prison camps are no longer secret, thus endangering the lives of everyone involved.

This is exactly the type of thing that the general population just does not need to know. There are certain things that happen, that are not on the up-and-up, that are done to keep you safe.

Intelligence is a distasteful job, and is often times immoral. But it needs to happen. That’s why it is best not discussed and disclosed to everyone.

Does this sound undemocratic? It is, but live with it and be thankful that you aren’t the one that has to go to bed at night with a dirty conscience.

Of course the liberals are eating this stuff up. “How could the CIA do this?” they ask. But, let’s put things in perspective: it’s the CIA for goodness sake. I would have been more shocked if an article came out stating that the CIA has absolutely no secret bases anywhere in the world.

It’s extremely naive to think that things like this do not go on. A far better question would be to ask yourself, “Am I safe when I go to sleep at night, because of the efforts of others, including the CIA?”

Everyone likes to complain about how American intelligence dropped the ball after 9/11, and that they should have seen it coming. Whenever anything goes wrong, intelligence agencies are the first to be blamed. They’re an easy scapegoat.

But if intelligence agencies aren’t doing their jobs, it is fairly obvious as to why: we don’t allow them to.

This move by the Washington Post is, to borrow a line from Saddam Hussein, the mother of all hypocrisies. On the one hand, the media is concerned about the leaking of Valerie Plame’s name as a CIA covert agent — if she is a covert agent, then those who leaked the name should be prosecuted for treason — but on the other hand, the media finds it perfectly alright to disclose secret prison camps.

To the media, one type of leak is alright, but the other is not. I guess it just depends on the political agenda.

I don’t believe in censorship, but the media needs to start taking more responsibility for what they print. The more negative things they print about the CIA and intelligence, the more their hands will be tied and the more tools that they lose.

This puts you and me in direct danger.

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