Bear Creek Ledger

Backroom Stories on John McCain

3 February 2008
Filed under: Politics, CIA, The Underbelly, 2008 Election, GOP

I’ve read these stories before regarding John McCain’s time as a POW. I’ve never alluded to them since there’s so many other issues to confront McCain about. But a good point has been raised by Lonewacko, the details can be read here and here.
There’s just enough substance here for the Clinton’s to use […]

McCain’s deal with the Media Devil

21 September 2006
Filed under: Politics, CIA, National Security

John McCain’s greatest concern is stoking his ego and looking good in the eyes of media. He also has a volatile temper which was exhibited especially back in the 2000 Presidential race.  Once I saw a display of his bad temper I started to pay attention to him realizing this was a man I could never support for the […]

I Keep Thinking We’re Living In The Twighlight Zone

To read the dominent media or watch the talking bobbleheads you’d think there wasn’t a miraculous 3rd extremely successful election in Iraq. All I’ve heard or read is there was an election BUT …….

Powerline Doing The Work of Major Media: Three years of the Condor

8 November 2005
Filed under: Plame, CIA

Scott at Powerline phoned the CIA and as a followup sent the CIA some pertinent questions regarding Joseph Wilson and Michael Scheuer (who was allowed by the CIA to publish a book while still an analyst at the CIA).
Questions about Wilson:
(1) Why wasn’t Wilson’s February 2002 trip to Niger made subject to a confidentiality agreement?(2) […]