Tell us what you really think
by digby
Jonathan Schwarz found a little document prepared by our betters explaining why we need them to do our thinking for us. It an excerpts of a recently declassified CIA Magazine article (Who knew the CIA had a magazine or that it classified it?) It's about the CIA'S drug running during the 1980s:
…ultimately the CIA-drug story says a lot more about American society on the eve of the millennium than it does about either CIA or the media. We live in somewhat coarse and emotional times—when large numbers of Americans do not adhere to the same standards of logic, evidence, or even civil discourse as those practiced by members of the CIA community.
I think this is probably pretty indicative of their general attitude toward the polloi. Indeed, there was a time when they were all recruited out of the Ivy League (maybe they still are) for their superior genetic and social ties, so it stands to reason they would have these patrician attitudes.
Maybe you think that's fine. After all, they do such important work you wouldn't want to trust it someone who doesn't understand that the American people are little better than wild animals. For instance, could we expect your average coarse, illogical, overly-emotional American to properly torture someone? I didn't think so.
Click over to A Tiny Revolution to see another perfect illustration of their civilized behavior.