Bad sign: US Foreign Intelligence Board member investing in Iraq against policy


	Bad sign: US Foreign Intelligence Board member investing in Iraq against policy

Geekette

9-15-2007 11:36 AM

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snafu, claustrofuck, foreign intelligence advisory board, iraq, ray l. hunt, hunt oil

Geekette says:

Smells really bad when a member is actively investing against the policy that the he & the board are officially proposing.

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