Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] John O'Neill

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Mon, 4 Dec 2006, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:

> > I watched the first four chapters.  It shows how personality conflicts 
> > and power struggles within the FBI left us vulnerable to attack.  It 
> > really doesn't have anything to do with Bush or Clinton as far as I can 
> > tell. The point I am getting out of it is that men struggle to be the 
> > "big man," the "head honcho," the "big cheese," and stopping terrorism 
> > is a good way to show off and make yourself a bigger bigshot, but 
> > helping someone else, even in your own agency, to stop terrorism is 
> > giving them power and giving them a chance to be the big man.  First 
> > rule in the pursuit of power: You don't want to help anyone to become 
> > powerful unless they are totally behind you, promoting you and not 
> > competing with you, and all that matters is personal power, not US 
> > security.
>
>
> Sounds like the adminstration at MU.


Unfortunately, I think it's like that everywhere.  Climb up near the top 
of any human social system and see how business is done -- loads of 
self-promotional baloney paraded as altruism.

Mike

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