Yawns greeted the panel's formation, writes James Risen in his scintillating new book, because the country was "exhausted by Watergate." But its fiery revelations led to monumental reforms.
This is reminding me of what we seem to be building towards in these congressional UAP hearings now that they’ve passed the whistleblower laws. I bring it up here because a number of the protagonists are a) from the intelligence community and b) are using their will and resources but also their training to help Sen Gilibrand uncover what’s been happening. I’m thinking of Lue Elizondo (cointel background) and Chris Mellon (frmr Assist. Director of Defense for Intelligence), both of whom I suspect history will regard quite favorably once all of this and their roles in it comes to light.
I ought to read more and watch the interview. In 1973 I was with CIA in Vietnam, in a Province, and all this seemed very far away. We had more immediate concerns and wanted to do accurate reporting of what was happening in Vietnam. And it was interesting.
This is reminding me of what we seem to be building towards in these congressional UAP hearings now that they’ve passed the whistleblower laws. I bring it up here because a number of the protagonists are a) from the intelligence community and b) are using their will and resources but also their training to help Sen Gilibrand uncover what’s been happening. I’m thinking of Lue Elizondo (cointel background) and Chris Mellon (frmr Assist. Director of Defense for Intelligence), both of whom I suspect history will regard quite favorably once all of this and their roles in it comes to light.
I ought to read more and watch the interview. In 1973 I was with CIA in Vietnam, in a Province, and all this seemed very far away. We had more immediate concerns and wanted to do accurate reporting of what was happening in Vietnam. And it was interesting.