Dennis Quaid

But when Johnson did come in, he had a different kind of bend on that and said, you guys will get your war right after the election, is what he told the Joint Chiefs, because they really wanted it.

And, you know, lo and behold, after he was elected, the Gulf of Tonkin incident happens.

Yeah.

Way you go.

Yes, that's what this book really got me to thinking.

Okay, if all this was going on then, how much more sophisticated is it now?

Right.

And especially after 9-11 when we just handed them the keys to—

The CIA was created by Truman.

They haven't just been around.

It was created by Truman, and they were supposed to act as foreign agents in other countries.

And they were basically given, like James Bond, license to kill and do whatever.

Also, the license to lie before Congress.

They were given to keep things as secret as they could.

And Truman came to, like, not even a year after he had created it.

Came to regret it that he'd even created that office because of – it turns into a government – within a government that is deciding – that has its fingers in every pie, especially the military.

And it's a dangerous place.

Kennedy himself was – wanted to get rid of the CIA, in fact.

And so –

Later after 9-11, we just really gave them the keys to the kingdom because you're allowed in the homeland to do the same thing.