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Congress Is Best Viewed From A Distance—the Farther The Better—because Up Close, It Is Truly Ugly. I Saw Most Of Congress As Uncivil, Incompetent At Fulfilling Their Basic Constitutional Responsibilities (such As Timely Appropriations), Micromanagerial, Parochial, Hypocritical, Egotistical, Thin-skinned And Prone To Put Self (and Re-election) Before Country.

When I Was The Director Of Central Intelligence In The Early '90s, I Tried To Get The Air Force To Partner With Us In Building Drones. And They Didn't Want To, Because They Had No Pilots.

The United States Has Been A Global Power Since Late In The 19th Century.

I Think It's Kind Of A Stretch. You Know, It's One Thing If Somebody Working For The U.s. Government Has Sold Secrets To The Other Side, It's Another If They Have Something In Their Personal Life That They're Hiding For Which They Could Be Blackmailed. Having Evidence That They Didn't Tell The Truth To Somebody In The Same Building Where They Work, Maybe It's Just The Old Intel Guy, Is - It's A Problem.

I've Spent My Entire Adult Life With The United States As A Superpower And One That Had No Compunction About Spending What It Took To Sustain That Position. And It Didn't Have To Look Over Its Shoulder Because Our Economy Was So Strong.