Comments on: A Final Post On Freeman http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2009/03/07/a-final-post-on-freeman/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-final-post-on-freeman n. the principle of good order<br /><br /> "Observe the strange inversion of all order and sense! Dignity debased; how vilely is the function of a consul prostituted!" ~The Craftsman Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:25:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: BarryD http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2009/03/07/a-final-post-on-freeman/comment-page-1/#comment-30635 BarryD Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:02:14 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/?p=8698#comment-30635 "This I find wrong. We’ve had enough intelligence analysis filtered through subjective interpretation. In these positions we need folks with a proven track record of professional objectivity and the integrity to defend uncolored analysis to those in power." I agree. And until we get to the 6th of never, when we actually get such people, I'll settle for having people with a diverse set of biases. “This I find wrong. We’ve had enough intelligence analysis filtered through subjective interpretation. In these positions we need folks with a proven track record of professional objectivity and the integrity to defend uncolored analysis to those in power.”

I agree. And until we get to the 6th of never, when we actually get such people, I’ll settle for having people with a diverse set of biases.

]]> By: Pococurante http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2009/03/07/a-final-post-on-freeman/comment-page-1/#comment-30611 Pococurante Sun, 08 Mar 2009 14:35:53 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/?p=8698#comment-30611 I know nothing about this individual except the thumbnails that have erupted from editorialists. I view it as the administration's prerogative to appoint anyone who qualifies without legal conflict and per guidelines for such roles. However this: > (Imagine for a moment the absurdity of denying someone this > position for holding radically libertarian views on the drug war, > or for holding distasteful-but-conventional pro-Turkish views on > the Armenian genocide–these things are related to U.S. policy > overseas and are controversial, but have no connection to > intelligence analysis.) This I find wrong. We've had enough intelligence analysis filtered through subjective interpretation. In these positions we need folks with a proven track record of professional objectivity and the integrity to defend uncolored analysis to those in power. The hyphenated run-on to your last statement seems flatly illogical and risks more of the "nonsense" we saw in the last administration. I do not know whether this particular individual is able or not to champion unfiltered objective intelligence analysis. I do know that is exactly what I want from people in these roles. And I consider past public record on world visible events and philosophies as relevant. I know nothing about this individual except the thumbnails that have erupted from editorialists. I view it as the administration’s prerogative to appoint anyone who qualifies without legal conflict and per guidelines for such roles. However this:

> (Imagine for a moment the absurdity of denying someone this
> position for holding radically libertarian views on the drug war,
> or for holding distasteful-but-conventional pro-Turkish views on
> the Armenian genocide–these things are related to U.S. policy
> overseas and are controversial, but have no connection to
> intelligence analysis.)

This I find wrong. We’ve had enough intelligence analysis filtered through subjective interpretation. In these positions we need folks with a proven track record of professional objectivity and the integrity to defend uncolored analysis to those in power.

The hyphenated run-on to your last statement seems flatly illogical and risks more of the “nonsense” we saw in the last administration.

I do not know whether this particular individual is able or not to champion unfiltered objective intelligence analysis. I do know that is exactly what I want from people in these roles. And I consider past public record on world visible events and philosophies as relevant.

]]> By: TGGP http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2009/03/07/a-final-post-on-freeman/comment-page-1/#comment-30605 TGGP Sat, 07 Mar 2009 23:29:29 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/?p=8698#comment-30605 I defended Freeman's take on Tiananmen square <a href="http://volokh.com/posts/1235906972.shtml#541911" rel="nofollow">here</a>, evolving into a general defense of "formalism". I defended Freeman’s take on Tiananmen square here, evolving into a general defense of “formalism”.

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