08-08-2013, 10:36 PM
Lauren Johnson Wrote:From a meeting of some unnamed high officials:
Official #1: Intel has it that Osama is planning to hijack and crash some planes into the World Trade Center.
Official #2: No shit. That would be fantastic. We could start some wars, make them permanent, get the national security state ramped up.
Official #1: We've got all kinds of stuff for Bush to say. Some really great lines. We have some great legislation written up, too. It pretty much gets rid of the Bill of Rights.
Official #2 That sounds great. But ...
Official #1 But, what?
Official #2 What happens if bin Laden screws things up. Then where will we be?
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Why not? Sounds about right... Why high officials? Unless their is a single person at the top of a structure, decisions on action and policy involve multiple people. But why not a hive mentality as you call it? Seems like that describes the mind set of the people inside the NSS. You wouldn't expect to find hippes among them would you?