tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post3312388530554371701..comments2024-03-28T20:47:48.468-04:00Comments on The Philosopher's Stone: QUICK RESPONSERobert Paul Wolffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-61166547946585119692018-06-11T10:01:51.864-04:002018-06-11T10:01:51.864-04:00Correction: "Wild Bill" Donovan, not All...Correction: "Wild Bill" Donovan, not Allen Dulles, was the first director of the OSS.LFCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-27061194982543762102018-06-01T20:33:56.763-04:002018-06-01T20:33:56.763-04:00The portrayal of the CIA agents in that '67 mo...The portrayal of the CIA agents in that '67 movie may be some screenwriter's nod to the fact that the CIA's origins lie, if I remember correctly, in the WW2-era Office of Strategic Services (OSS), which did indeed employ quite a few academics in one capacity or another. (Though Allen Dulles, director of the OSS (again, if memory serves) was not an academic.) Not, needless to say, that members of the OSS or CIA would generally have gone around in tweed jackets smoking pipes.<br /><br />LFCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-80932057782645261512018-06-01T20:30:22.100-04:002018-06-01T20:30:22.100-04:00If Comey is representative of the FBI mentality I&...If Comey is representative of the FBI mentality I'd agree with S Wallerstaein. In his big move on the Clinton investigation he appeared troubled with a conscience stuck in the cub scout phaseHowiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12474061778220524205noreply@blogger.com