THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA

An Online Journal of Political Commentary & Analysis

Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor



Conservative & Free Market Analysis of Government, Politics & Public Policy, Covering Political, Legal, Constitutional, Economic, Cultural, Military, International, & Geopolitical Issues

PUBLIC ISSUES & POLITICAL CONTROVERSIES
U.S. INTELLIGENCE & AMERICAN NATIONAL SECURITY

HOW LIBERAL DEMOCRATS ARE UNDERMINING AMERICA'S DEFENSES IN THE TERROR WAR:  THE CLEAR LINK BETWEEN THE INEPTITUDE OF THE LIBERAL LEFTIST DEMOCRATIC PARTY LEADERSHIP IN WASHINGTON, D.C., & AMERICA'S WEAKNESS IN THE GLOBAL WAR THAT IS BEING WAGED AGAINST OUR COUNTRY BY THE ISLAMISTS -- THE MINDLESS CONFUSION OF LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC POLITICIANS IN CONGRESS & THE PRESIDENCY & THEIR CONTINUING DECISIONS TO PUT PARTISAN POLITICAL ADVANTAGE ABOVE THE SAFETY & WELL-BEING OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE -- UNDERMINING THE MISSION OF U.S. MILITARY FORCES & INTELLIGENCE-GATHERING AGENCIES, WHILE BOOSTING THE MORALE OF ISLAMIST TERRORISTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD -- INCREASING THE LIKELIHOOD OF ANOTHER MAJOR JIHADIST TERROR ASSAULT ON THE U.S.A.
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Volume XI, Issue # 124, May 13, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

ABSURD LIBERAL DEBATE ENDANGERS AMERICA

By Christopher G. Adamo



THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY & ITS AGENDA POLITICS:  HOW & WHY THE CIA FREQUENTLY WORKS AT CROSS PURPOSES WITH THE PRESIDENCY -- HOW CIA BUREAUCRATS ENDEAVOR TO UNDERMINE THE CREDIBILITY OF A PRESIDENT WITH WHOM THE THEY DISAGREE OVER ISSUES OF AMERICAN FOREIGN & NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY -- THE CIA'S INVOLVEMENT IN MAJOR POLICY INITIATIVES, WITHOUT COORDINATION WITH THE PRESIDENT, U.S. DIPLOMATS, MILITARY OFFICIALS, OR PENTAGON CIVILIANS -- THE LEAK AS THE RECOURSE OF THE DIGRUNTLED, BORED, OR POLITICIZED INTELLIGENCE ANALYST -- IRAN & IRAQ AS CASE STUDIES OF THE CIA'S AGENDA POLITICS -- THE CIA'S ATTEMPT TO INFLUENCE THE OUTCOME OF THE 2004 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, SEEKING THE DEFEAT OF PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH IN HIS REELECTION BID
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Volume X, Issue # 46, February 17, 2008

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

UNINTELLIGENCE ON IRANIAN NUKES:
APPALLING GAMESMANSHIP AT THE CIA

By Dr. Michael Rubin



RECTIFYING THE LOW QUALITY OF UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS:  THE ARGUMENT THAT THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, RATHER THAN CONTINUE EXPANDING ITS INTELLIGENCE BUREAUCRACY, SHOULD PRIVATIZE MOST OF THE INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS NOW CARRIED ON BY THE GOVERNMENT -- WHAT WOULD BE THE ADVANTAGES OF PRIVATIZATION?  HOW WOULD PRIVATIZATION AFFECT AMERICAN NATIONAL SECURITY?
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Volume IX, Issue # 17, January 28, 2007

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

U.S. INTELLIGENCE REFORM:  PRIVATIZE THE CIA

By Dr. Michael Rubin



U.S. INTELLIGENCE & COUNTER-INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITY DURING TIME OF WAR: THE NATIONAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS SURVEILLANCE, & AMERICAN HOMELAND SECURITY -- GOVERNMENT INTERCEPTION & MONITORING OF TERRORISTS' & SUSPECTED TERRORISTS' TELEPHONE MESSAGES: ESSENTIAL TO DEFENDING THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AGAINST ITS JIHADIST ENEMIES, PREVENTING FURTHER TERRORIST ATTACKS INSIDE THE U.S.A., & SAVING THE LIVES OF NUMEROUS AMERICANS
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Volume VIII, Issue # 27, February 6, 2006

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

YOU'RE UNDER SURVEILLANCE

By Alan Caruba



PARTISAN POLITICS, LEFTIST POLITICAL IDEOLOGY, & THE U.S. GOVERNMENT'S INTELLIGENCE GATHERING & SURVEILLANCE FUNCTION DURING TIME OF WAR: POLITICAL CONTROVERSY OVER THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY'S MONITORING TELEPHONE & OTHER ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS OF KNOWN OR SUSPECTED ISLAMIST TERRORISTS -- THE ROAD TO PERDITION & NATIONAL SUICIDE:  CRTICIZING & OBSTRUCTING EVERY EFFORT THE GOVERNMENT TAKES TO PROTECT US FROM OUR ISLAMIST ENEMIES, INSISTING THAT FOREIGN TERRORISTS HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS AS AMERICAN CITIZENS, DEFAMING THE U.S. ARMED FORCES, & DEPICTING THOSE IN OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT & INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES AS ENEMIES TO BE FEARED
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Volume VIII, Issue # 3, January 4, 2006

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

POLITICALLY CORRECT SUICIDE

By Alan Caruba



THE THREAT OF ISLAMIST TERRORISM & THE U.S. RESPONSE TO THE THREAT:  SUCCESSES & FAILURES OF AMERICA'S INTELLIGENCE & LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES -- TIME TO REVIEW THE SUCCESSES & FAILURES & TO EXAMINE THE LESSONS WE HAVE LEARNED, OR SHOULD HAVE LEARNED, FROM THE SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, ISLAMIST TERRORIST ATTACKS ON THE U.S.A.
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Volume VII, Issue # 205, September 14, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

ISLAMIC TERRORISM -- PAST, PRESENT, & FUTURE:
THE LESSONS OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2001

By Alan Caruba



U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY:  U.S. SENATOR JON KYLE'S POSITIONS ON U.S. MILITARY ACTION IN IRAQ, EFFORTS OF ROGUE STATES TO ACQUIRE & USE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION, OUR NEED TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING & EQUIPPING AMERICA'S ARMED FORCES, & ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM OF SHORTFALLS IN U.S. INTELLIGENCE CAPABILITIES
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Volume VII, Issue # 204, September 13, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

AMERICAN NATIONAL SECURITY

By Jon Kyle



THE CONSEQUENCES OF GROSS INCOMPETENCE, PARTISAN POLITICS, ACTIVIST POLITICAL IDEOLOGUES, & SECURITY LAPSES IN THE U.S. NATIONAL GOVERNMENT DURING THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION:  AMERICAN LIVES LOST & AMERICA'S NATIONAL INTERESTS & SECURITY SERIOUSLY COMPROMISED -- WHAT NASA OFFICIALS & 9-11 COMMISSION MEMBERS ARE TRYING TO COVER UP
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Volume VII, Issue # 189, August 29, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

LEFTWING LIBERALS, PARTISAN DEMOCRATS, & FEDERAL
BUREAUCRATS PLAY GAMES WITH AMERICA'S FUTURE

By Christopher G. Adamo



GLOBAL INTELLIGENCE CHALLENGES FACING THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA & AMERICAN NATIONAL INTERESTS IN THE YEAR 2005 -- MEETING LONGTERM CHALLENGES WITH A LONGTERM STRATEGY
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Volume VII, Issue # 104, May 6, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

GLOBAL INTELLIGENCE CHALLENGES 2005

By Porter J. Goss



SANDY BERGER, NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR TO FORMER PRESIDENT WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON -- UNDER CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION FOR PILFERING OR IMPROPERLY HANDLING CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HIGHLY SIGNIFICANT TO THE 9/11 COMMISSION HEARINGS:  INVESTIGATION OF A POSSIBLE ATTEMPT TO COVER UP THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION'S NATIONAL SECURITY LAPSES, MANY OF WHICH LEFT THE U.S.A. VULNERABLE TO TERRORIST ATTACK
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Volume VI, Issue # 166, July 26, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

ALLOW JOHN ASHCROFT TO DO HIS JOB

By Christopher G. Adamo



THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION & ITS ROLE IN PROTECTING THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FROM TERRORIST ATTACKS:  CONTINUING ENHANCEMENT OF THE FBI'S INTELLIGENCE & COUNTERTERRORISM CAPABILITIES IN ORDER TO ENSURE THE AGENCY'S ABILITY TO FULFILL ITS CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE & COUNTERTERRORIST RESPONSIBILITIES
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Volume VI, Issue # 100, May 18, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

INTELLIGENCE, COUNTERINTELLIGENCE, & COUNTERTERRORISM:

THE FBI'S ROLE IN FIGHTING THE THREATS POSED BY TERRORISM

By John S. Pistole



INTELLIGENCE, COUNTERTERRORISM, & THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION: BOOSTING THE FBI'S EFFECTIVENESS IN PERFORMING ITS INTELLIGENCE & COUNTERTERRORIST FUNCTIONS IN THE WAR AGAINST INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM
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Volume VI, Issue # 99, May 17, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

ENHANCING THE FBI'S INTELLIGENCE &
COUNTERTERRORISM CAPABILITIES

By Robert S. Mueller



MAJOR DEFECTS IN THE U.S. INTELLIGENCE & COUNTERTERRORISM SYSTEM PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER 11, 2001:   ABSENCE OF A COVERT ACTION PROGRAM TO KILL OSAMA BIN LADEN, THE WALL SEPARATING CRIMINAL INVESTIGATORS FROM INTELLIGENCE AGENTS, LACK OF SUPPORT FOR STATE-OF-THE-ART INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE FOR USE BY THE FBI, & FAILURE TO FULLY IMPLEMENT A PLAN TO DISRUPT THE AL-QA'IDA NETWORK IN THE U.S.A.
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Volume VI, Issue # 96, May 13, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

U.S. INTELLIGENCE & COUNTERTERRORISM POLICY BEFORE 9-11:

A SYSTEM DESTINED TO FAIL

By John Ashcroft



THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, THE OFFICE OF INFORMATION ANALYSIS, THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY, & U.S. COUNTERTERRORISM POLICY -- FOCUS ON DEFEATING THE ISLAMIC TERRORISTS BEFORE THEY CAN STRIKE
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Volume VI, Issue # 93, May 10, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

INTELLIGENCE, COUNTERTERRORISM, & U.S. HOMELAND SECURITY

THE ROLE OF THE OFFICE OF INFORMATION ANALYSIS

By Patrick M. Hughes



THE SOURCES OF WEAKNESS IN THE U.S. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY'S COUNTERTERRORIST SUPPORT ACTIVITY PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER 11, 2001:  LEGAL OBSTACLES TO INTERAGENCY COOPERATION & A SIGNIFICANT DECLINE IN THE FUNDING & OTHER RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR HUMAN & TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE WORK -- LEGAL BARRIERS & INADEQUATE PROVISION OF RESOURCES NEEDED FOR EFFECTIVE INFORMATION COLLECTION & ANALYSIS
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Volume VI, Issue # 92, May 7, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY & U.S. COUNTERTERRORISM

By George J. Tenet



THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY, LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, & U.S. COUNTERTERRORIST ACTIVITY:  THE ROLE OF THE TERRORIST THREAT INTEGRATION CENTER IN SUPPORTING, REINFORCING, & ENHANCING U.S. INTELLIGENCE & LAW ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS TO PREVENT TERRORIST ATTACKS AGAINST U.S. INTERESTS AT HOME & ABROAD
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Volume VI, Issue # 91, May 6, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

LAW ENFORCEMENT, INTELLIGENCE, & COUNTERTERRORISM:

THE WORK OF THE TERRORIST THREAT INTEGRATION CENTER

By John O. Brennan



THE CIA DIRECTORATE OF OPERATIONS:  THE ROLE OF AMERICA'S CLANDESTINE SERVICE IN IMPLEMENTING U.S. COUNTERTERRORISM POLICY -- THE DIRECTORATE'S COUNTERTERRORIST EFFORTS BEFORE & SINCE SEPTEMBER 11, 2001
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Volume VI, Issue # 88, May 3, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

AMERICA'S CLANDESTINE SERVICE & U.S. COUNTERTERRORISM POLICY

By James L. Pavitt



INTELLIGENCE, COUNTERTERRORISM, & U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY -- THE ROLE OF THE U.S. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY IN THE WAR ON TERRORISM:  THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY & U.S. COUNTERTERRORISM EFFORTS PRIOR TO THE TERRORIST ATTACKS UPON THE U.S.A. ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001
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Volume VI, Issue # 87, April 30, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE ROLE OF INTELLIGENCE IN THE WAR ON TERRORISM:

U.S. COUNTERTERRORIST EFFORTS BEFORE 9-11

By George J. Tenet



THE ROLE OF THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY IN UNITED STATES COUNTERTERRORISM & NATIONAL-SECURITY POLICY PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER 11, 2001: USE OF THE CIA IN THE U.S. GOVERNMENT'S PRE-9/11 EFFORTS TO DISRUPT AL-QA'IDA & CAPTURE OR KILL OSAMA BIN LADEN & HIS LIEUTENANTS
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Volume VI, Issue # 86, April 29, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

U.S. INTELLIGENCE & COUNTERTERRORISM POLICY:

THE ROLE OF THE CIA IN COUNTERING TERRORISM

By Christopher Kojm



THE FORMER IRAQI REGIME OF SADDAM HUSSEIN, THE EXISTENCE OR NONEXISTENCE OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION IN IRAQ, & THE ISSUE OF THE INTREGITY & CAPABILITY OF THE UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY
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Volume VI, Issue # 42, February 27, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

IRAQ & WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION

By George J. Tenet



THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY'S DIRECTORATE OF OPERATIONS -- AMERICA'S CLANDESTINE INTELLIGENCE SERVICE & THE VITAL ROLE IT PLAYS IN U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY, MILITARY DEFENSE, & PROSECUTION OF THE GLOBAL WAR AGAINST ISLAMIC TERRORISM
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Volume VI, Issue # 38, Februrary 23, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE CIA'S DIRECTORATE OF OPERATIONS:
AMERICA'S CLANDESTINE INTELLIGENCE SERVICE

WHAT IT DOES & WHAT IT IS EXPECTED TO DO
By James L Pavitt




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