Just recalling some of the times during my career in the military where I witnessed the mentality of personal empire building and the manipulation of others by power hungry individuals, especially those in leadership positions. I was naive in those days, and despite much professional indoctrination to the military mindset I knew something was terribly askew but early on did not have access to a broader view to put the pieces together (thats the way they want it.) I brought great virtue of heart to my work because I thoroughly believed in sharing knowledge with others to better fulfill the goal of quality information assessment which is fundamental to any higher goal of appropriation of assets for military/government priorities. I couldnt figure out why so many hoarded their discoveries (intel) and did not give out the full picture of what they knew. In order to put together the best intel briefings, I took it upon myself to to attempt to collaborate with other intel agencies yet every step of the way I found obfuscation and little cooperation. I marveled at how disorganized these government agencies were (you know who they are) and how arrogant many were whom I came into contact with. Even one of my own supervisors told me to watch my back as she knew my earnestness and passion for truth were ruffling feathers. In time I found that my skills for penetrating assessment were met with jealousy and calculated harassment, to the point where those higher in rank above me attempted to redirect (steal) my intel products into their own hands so they could step in and claim ownership. Little did I know that I was a manipulated, manufactured asset to observationally intrude on other countries, yet even in the arena of that work there was such a level of duplicitous and intensely egotistical men and women who were so ate up with power that they would suppress information solely based upon the fact that they did not come up with it first. Not to mention how difficult a true picture of reality was to achieve given compartmentalization issues (even though I had a very high clearance) I found that so crippling to the job that I became disillusioned. Everything I had once admired about this entity that was supposed to be employed for our national security I found to be nothing but hyper playground antics of ego maniacs in blue suits ate up with who is higher in rank & power. I did not choose this, it was forced upon me at 17 years old. I stayed in for 16 years, was highly decorated, but I could not take the insanity any longer... 4 more years and I could have retired. But then I would have been stuck with a retirement check every month that was nothing more than blood money. Just a recollection I am having after watching Ken OKeefes video this morning. ~J.
Posted on: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 14:28:35 +0000
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