July 29, 2003
Admiral Poindexter's Terror Casino
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As if the Total Information Awareness fiasco were not bad enough, the despicable quintuple felon John Poindexter, only unconvicted by the barest of technicalities, has now suggested a market in terrorism. Yes, that is correct. Apparently undeterred by how badly the Strangelovian weirdness of this sociopathic criminal comes across in public, the Bush Administration still gives Poindexter free rein to shock Americans silly with a new outburst of crazy stupidity. |
Once again, the Senate has to step in to put a leash on this nutcase, specifically Senators Ron Wyden and Byron Dorgan, who state the opinion of any sane person who looks at this bizarre scheme.
The example that you provide in your report would let participants gamble on the question, 'Will terrorists attack Israel with bioweapons in the next year?' Surely, such a threat should be met with intelligence gathering of the highest quality – not by putting the question to individuals betting on an Internet website,” the Senators wrote to Poindexter. “Spending taxpayer dollars to create terrorism betting parlors is as wasteful as it is repugnant. The American people want the Federal government to use its resources enhancing our security, not gambling on it.”
Indeed. It should be noted that this plan contains eerie echoes of the "Assassination Politics" of Jim Bell, currently serving a lengthy federal prison term. Admiral Poindexter, who narrowly dodged the hoosegow himself, though, is actually attempting to implement this craziness. How many sick, psychotic fantasies of Poindexter's does this country have to fund before sending him back home to live out the rest of his senility without endangering the public as DARPA head, a position for which he is clearly and grossly unsuited by reason of mental incapacity? I guess Poindexter's job is payback for the crimes he committed for Father Bush in the Iran-Contra terror operations.
Posted by muldrake at July 29, 2003 12:55 PM
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