The Target

clipped from www.powerlineblog.com Some have called it the CIA's greatest covert operation of all time. It involved deep penetration of a hostile regime by planting a network of agents at key crossroads of power, where they could steal secrets and steer policy by planting disinformation, cooking intelligence, provocation, and outright lies. It involved sophisticated political sabotage operations, aimed at making regime leaders doubt their own judgment and question the support of their subordinates. It involved the financing, training, and equipping of effective opposition forces, who could challenge the regime openly and through covert operations. Most patriotic Americans probably hope that the CIA today has such an operation to overthrow the mullahs in Tehran, or North Korean dictator Kim John Il. But the target of this vast, sophisticated CIA operation was none of them. It was America's 43rd President, George W. Bush.