Don't be an ass. Good advice, to be heeded by the recipient, and the giver.

Do I believe an intelligence force, acting in a foreign land, granting all people they encounter the rights American citizens enjoy could survive, let alone gather intelligence? No. They cannot. It is a compromise we make. Personally, if it's us, here in New York or London or the terrorists in Damascus or Riyadh, I choose us. You seem to be indifferent. Fair enough.

What I will challenge you on is effectivity. Every recommendation you just made was disputed by the 'Blue Ribbon 9/11 panel". They argued for a more centralized intelligence community, with much more overseas human intelligence. You're saying a few extra FBI agents, disband the CIA, and we'll be all set.

No offense GC, cause I like a lot of your other arguments, but here, you're being a fool. It's us or them. And if you think disbanding the CIA is going to make the terrorists like us and stop bombing us, you really, truly don't know what they're after.