grgr4 Crutchfield or Crouchfield the westwardman (was Re: GR
calbert at pop.tiac.net
calbert at pop.tiac.net
Sun Jun 20 05:03:20 CDT 1999
> > > > And paranoid --
> > > > "FDR's little asshole buddies" 68.18 are the CIA/FBI, right? and "Red"
> > > > here takes on overtones of communism as well as of indians,
> > >
> > > Minor point but "FDR's little asshole buddies" would be the communists
> > > rather than the CIA/FBI. He was accused by the Republicans of being in bed
> > > with them.
> >
> > Commies, labor leaders - a lot of jews.
CIA/Roosevelt? Impossible. The CIA was constructed from the remnants
of the OSS and other intelligence services AFTER the war, and
therfore AFTER the death of FDR.
THough I am not intimate with the history of their association, I
also recall there being considerable friction twixt Franklin and
Hoover.
love,
cfa
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