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Seymour (what a great name) didn't mention whether alcohol was involved in these post prandial practices.

Probably "port* which happens to be left.

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'Tis indeed a very apt name for a journalist.

Why pray tell are you asking whether alcohol was involved? Having watched the six-part series, "A Spy Among Friends " over the Christmas holidays all I can say is that, to the best of my recollection, chain smoking JJA was rarely without a whiskey.

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I imply that drunks are in charge.

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Aha! You may have something there.

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The Agency still spies on Americans. Each FBI office has a “DoD” representative (in addition to actual DoD personal on the JTTFs. This rep has his own SCIF and accesses.

The FBI and CIA run a program through DHS operations in the field (Field Operations) with DHS reporting on Americans within state and local government, police, infrastructure which is hosted on a DoD database.

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Of course they still spy on Americans as an integral aspect of their raison d'être.

What are JTTFs and a SCIF? I live in the UK and am not familiar with those acronyms.

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JTTF - Joint Terrorism Task Force, integration task force at most FBI offices to coordinate ‘terrorism’ investigations.

SCIF - Secure Controlled Information Facility

(US & UK usage within NATO)

DHS runs a field operations division from headquarters that participates on and separate from JTTFs and also form the SLTTP (State Local Territorial and Tribal program) of the entities involved they provide names and illegal interviews to DHS officers. DHS collects on SLTTP membership and information shared and report it.

SLTTP members and LE information is source coded and illegally placed in DoD HUMINT databases in which the sources are all reviewed by CIA and DIA.

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