[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16065]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          THE PENTAGON'S SPIES

  (Mr. KUCINICH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KUCINICH. Over 12 million Americans are unemployed while our 
infrastructure is falling apart. But at least the U.S. is creating some 
jobs--for spies.
  The Washington Post says the Pentagon will dramatically expand the 
role and size of its own personal spy agency, the Defense Intelligence 
Agency, the DIA. It's like the CIA, but they get their mission 
assignments from the Pentagon. The report says the plan includes 
sending 1,600 ``collectors''--that's what they call their spies--all 
over the world. This is what the CIA does, except they're called 
``agents.'' The DIA doesn't have to report to Congress like the CIA 
does, so we would know even less than we know about situations like 
Benghazi.
  Why the Pentagon needs its own spy agency is anyone's guess--maybe to 
keep an eye on its own generals when the CIA and FBI do not. Meanwhile, 
the CIA has been taking over Pentagon functions, conducting military 
strikes with drones all around the world. We have the CIA bombing 
people and the Pentagon spying on people. Who knows what the other 
dozen spy agencies are up to.
  Big government leads to a big national security state which leads to 
Big Brother getting fat on tax dollars while we have less freedom.

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