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br> Retired Army Counterintelligence /p>

The juxtapositioning of the Washington Prowler's "Patriot Coups", Shawn Macomber's "Exploiting Tragedy," and an article in Slate by Fred Kaplan titled "You Call That a Reform Bill?" lead one to an inexorable conclusion: the Bush Administration possesses legislative prestidigitorial skills that would make David Copperfield green with envy.

This "Intelligence Reform" political sleight-of-hand masterpiece is a sight to be wondered at. It doesn't reform intelligence, if what Mr. Kaplan has to say is correct, as the vast majority of intelligence control and budgeting is left with DoD. It leaves out the provisions regarding secure driver's license standards and immigration reform that the 9/11 Commission said were a sine qua non of any legislation that would significantly improve our ability to identify and track illegal aliens of nefarious intent. But, and this is the cake-taking bit, it does include nearly all of "Patriot II" and does so without a whimper of objection from the civil-rightists!

p>A flash of light, a puff of smoke and voila! -- a large chunk of the American electorate and politicians of pandering penchant are pacified and sidestepped. I would I love to be a fly on the wall in the Oval office when this subject is discussed! Karl Rove's got better moves than Tony Manero. br> --- Dennis Sevakis br> Bloomfield, Michigan /p> p> FROM THE GEORGIA DELEGATION br> Re: David Hogberg's Delusions of the Day

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