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New Office of Special Plans Logo

A BUZZFLASH READER COMMENTARY

Did you ever wonder what in-the-world may have actually motivated someone to "out" a valuable career undercover CIA agent? Many imply that it was simply an act of revenge for contradicting the President's State of the Union assertions regarding his bogus Niger/Hussein uranium evidence.

Sheer logic dictates that it's very unlikely that revenge would be anywhere nearly powerful enough of a motive for anyone to have risked facing the jail time. In addition, the "outing" of a CIA agent has the tendency to draw attention to the President's statements and confirm that they were were indeed lies. Exacting revenge in this particular manner would have been a stupid move which was counterproductive to best interests of the Administration.

Could the blowing of a CIA agent's cover have been for the purpose of protecting the source of the original forged evidence? Or could it have been to control those the rank-and-file of the CIA who knows the "inside skinny" on the way that Team Cheney is running the show? [LINK] Either way, serious consideration of a motive leads directly to the belief that it all likely originated from someone closely connected to the Pentagon's Office of Special Plans (a.k.a."OSP"), a quasi-governmental agency that was conceived for the apparent purpose of selling Congress on the idea of signing off on the invasion of Iraq.

Investigative journalist Seymore Hersch revealed much about the purpose of the OSP in his controversial New Yorker magazine story back in May.

In that momentous piece, he wrote that "former CIA officers and analysts described the (CIA) agency as increasingly demoralized. George knows he's being beaten up," one former officer said of George Tenet, the CIA director. "And his analysts are terrified. George used to protect his people, but he's been forced to do things their way." Because the CIA's analysts are now on the defensive, "they write reports justifying their intelligence rather than saying what's going on. The Defense Department and the Office of the Vice-President write their own pieces, based on their own ideology."

Jason Leopold just about covers it all in an excellent piece about the OSP, based largely upon Seymore Hersh's articles [LINK].

Unbelievably, President Bush has publicly stated that he has his doubts as to whether anyone will ever figure out who the "leaker" may have been. [LINK]

If he really wanted to know who the source was, all he'd really have to do is toss Robert Novak into Camp Xray for about ten minutes for him to squeal like a pig.

In the meantime, the CIA is still reeling from having one of its agents "outed" by a member of the Bush Administration. By neutralizing the effectiveness of the CIA, there can be no doubt that the Bush Administration has seriously compromised our national security. Yet our Chief Executive offers nothing more than lame excuses for his inaction.

On September 30, Mr. Ed Gillespie, the Chairman of the Republican National Committee, publicly stated that the Bush Administration's leak of the CIA agent's identity is far more serious than Richard Nixon's Watergate burglaries.

If rest of the GOP would just understand that, then we'd have ourselves a real "outing."

Realizing exactly who sucked America into the unnecessary invasion and occupation of Iraq, inspired me to design Rummy's OSP a brand-spankin' new logo.

PRESENTING (drum roll, please),

The OFFICE of SPECIAL PLANS LOGO

Conceptual Summary::

The OSP Logo's old gold framework is designed to be reminiscent of the Nazi service medallions of the 1930's, which is historically notable as the decade preceding Hitler's Nazi Aggression. The letters "P N A C" featured around the outer grid are the initials which stand specifically for the "Project for the New American Century" http://pnac.info/. The PNAC is the same Neo-Conservative group which decided to invade Iraq back in 1991, a plan which was wisely rejected by George H.W. Bush, although they apparently now wield the controlling influence over the OSP, and subsequently directly dictate the main points of BushCo's offensive defense policy [LINK].

The words "OFFICE of SPECIAL PLANS" are emblazoned in gold across a dark blue field. The dark blue is representative of the shadowy nature of this quasi-governmental organization [LINK] , while the gilded letters which comprise the name itself are intended to be reminiscent of the U.S. taxpayer's gold (which the PNAC is so generously spending on their Iraqi boondoggle). http://costofwar.com/

The body of the center round "shield" is depicted in crimson, representing the blood which was, and is, shed by our soldiers both during the invasion of Iraq, as well as during its occupation.

Attached directly to the crimson shield is the Constitution of the United States, respectfully illustrating that America owes her very existence to the fidelity of her soldiers.

However, the Constitution on the OSP logo is all but obscured by a most vile-looking creature of the night, illustrating that America's system of checks and balances holds no sway over the actions of the OSP, but rather the OSP positions itself superior to the Constitution, along with all that the Constitution once guaranteed to all Americans. It is by devilish design that this quasi-governmental agency is not subject to Congressional oversight, however, it retains the ability to bend the very will of Congress by its powerful political and moneyed influence over the Bush Administration.

And finally, the vampire bat which hangs inverted, yet ominously prepared to attack, was chosen as the O.S.P.'s mascot partially because it aptly represents a wretched and soul-less entity which endlessly lurks in the shadows, stealthily seeking warm-blooded innocents to victimize.

Actually, the bat was chosen mostly because it bears a strong resemblance to our illustrious U.S. Secretary of War.

One Citizen

A BUZZFLASH READER COMMENTARY