Consistent with its sole reason for existence, which is paving the way for the eventual ascension of Hillary Clinton to the Oval Office, Madam Secretary took occasion to remind us on Sunday night, in an episode titled ‘Left of the Boom,’ that Madam Hillary is the one person in Washington who understands why 9/11 happened, and maybe, no definitely, would have been the only person who could have prevented it.
Specifically, the CIA tries to stop Madam Hillary from taking the lead into the investigation of some stolen uranium in Moldova:
Madam Secretary: I'd like to propose State's International Security and Nonproliferation Bureau take the lead on tracking this.
President: Head up a team.
Madam Secretary: Great.
President: Intelligence, Energy and Defense will give you
all the support you need.Dennis: Sir, if I may? One truckload of spent fuel rods likely stolen by Moldovan thugs, with no expertise in handling the material, is hardly what I would deem a priority situation for Intelligence.
Ephraim: Given our concerns over the recent cyber breach in Defense, I would concur.
Madam Secretary: If I can answer that...
Dennis: Furthermore, our threat analysis rates small-scale acquisition of radiological material a significantly low threat.
Madam Secretary: Based on what evidence?
Dennis: Since 9/11, there have been only two known threats to weaponize radiological material.
Madam Secretary: Well, my WMD team felt that it merited a report, and I'd like for them to follow up on it... With support. Because I-I do think that it was the lack of cooperation between our offices that provided the conditions for the worst terrorist attack in U.S. History, which, until then, was unprecedented.
President: Intelligence certainly has its hands full dealing with the cyber breach. State will take the lead, as I believe I said.
Take that Mr. “Repeat-the-Mistakes-of-the-Past and Never-Learn-the-Lessons-of-History” CIA Guy.