https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/blog/2008/03/25/border-guards/ Culture, Politics, Academia and Other Shiny Objects Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:14:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.15 https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/blog/2008/03/25/border-guards/comment-page-1/#comment-5178 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:14:40 +0000 http://weblogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/?p=543#comment-5178 I read the book last year – for me, although it was an eye-opener about what exactly the CIA has done, where I thought it was lacking was that it didn’t make any significant attempt to explain how and why exactly chinless non-entities with delusions of mediocrity have consistently over the past 70 years or so ended up in a position to effectively ignore restrictions on their power and activities…

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