There are couple of things about the military that is easily overlooked.
The military is highly compartmentalized. There are at least four acknowledged branches of the military. The Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps is the legal branch of the military. More on this later, but first there may be even more branches/corps that are not acknowledged.
A clearance isn't a carte blanc pass for anyone to access information. A clearance is provided with the strict limitation for a need-to-know basis. A nuclear submarine technician may have a top secret clearance, but has no business being anywhere near the crytographer's shack. Moreover, there are many compartmentalized need-to-know organizations in and outside the Pentagon. In addition, there are many more layers of need-to-know-only projects within and outside of these need-to-know organizations. It's obvious the military has billions... even hundreds of billions of dollars not accounted for. We've heard of skunk works and black projects. There's for more than any of us will ever know.
The Chief of Staff, General Milley is not privy to the vast majority of these need-to-know organizations. There are one's he knows of, others that he is given privy to know, and others that he will never become aware of. The Defense Secretary has the same experience and acts as a general policy maker and figurehead.
When the military is said to be the 'only way', there are many ways this could be true. The military has a standard code of conduct governed by the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). It is a detailed body of law that has governed the U.S. armed forces since 1951. It sets forth a set of military laws unlike common law. The Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps is the legal branch of the military, concerned with military justice and military law. The chief attorney in each branch is the JAG, and those under him or her are considered to be Judge Advocates. These individuals both defend and prosecute military personnel, using the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ).
This is where the above posted government shutdown makes it real for the military to take over and justice be served. I find it really interesting the military base in Guantanamo has greatly expanded its judicial infrastructure there. I've been to Gitmo and recall there not being much there at all. It's now a colossal development of what I once saw.
I'll bet it has changed a lot since I was there, 1970 to 1971, I served tours of 5 months at a time for a total of 15 months. I was on both sides of the island and it was pretty sparse, to say the least.
Former editorial cartoonist Pat Oliphant made a cartoon showing Henry Kissinger explaining "How we need more of these". He points to a muscle clad individual with a very tiny head.
This describes the military. Military Intelligence is just another wing of the CIA. It bridges the brain (CIA/Intel Agencies/5-Eyes) with the muscle. The Pentagon carries out the orders of the DS that's formulated from the many round tables. The political venue we see is a face that's put on it along with the narrative.
There are couple of things about the military that is easily overlooked.
The military is highly compartmentalized. There are at least four acknowledged branches of the military. The Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps is the legal branch of the military. More on this later, but first there may be even more branches/corps that are not acknowledged.
A clearance isn't a carte blanc pass for anyone to access information. A clearance is provided with the strict limitation for a need-to-know basis. A nuclear submarine technician may have a top secret clearance, but has no business being anywhere near the crytographer's shack. Moreover, there are many compartmentalized need-to-know organizations in and outside the Pentagon. In addition, there are many more layers of need-to-know-only projects within and outside of these need-to-know organizations. It's obvious the military has billions... even hundreds of billions of dollars not accounted for. We've heard of skunk works and black projects. There's for more than any of us will ever know.
The Chief of Staff, General Milley is not privy to the vast majority of these need-to-know organizations. There are one's he knows of, others that he is given privy to know, and others that he will never become aware of. The Defense Secretary has the same experience and acts as a general policy maker and figurehead.
When the military is said to be the 'only way', there are many ways this could be true. The military has a standard code of conduct governed by the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). It is a detailed body of law that has governed the U.S. armed forces since 1951. It sets forth a set of military laws unlike common law. The Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps is the legal branch of the military, concerned with military justice and military law. The chief attorney in each branch is the JAG, and those under him or her are considered to be Judge Advocates. These individuals both defend and prosecute military personnel, using the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ).
This is where the above posted government shutdown makes it real for the military to take over and justice be served. I find it really interesting the military base in Guantanamo has greatly expanded its judicial infrastructure there. I've been to Gitmo and recall there not being much there at all. It's now a colossal development of what I once saw.
Great comment fren.
I'll bet it has changed a lot since I was there, 1970 to 1971, I served tours of 5 months at a time for a total of 15 months. I was on both sides of the island and it was pretty sparse, to say the least.
Former editorial cartoonist Pat Oliphant made a cartoon showing Henry Kissinger explaining "How we need more of these". He points to a muscle clad individual with a very tiny head.
This describes the military. Military Intelligence is just another wing of the CIA. It bridges the brain (CIA/Intel Agencies/5-Eyes) with the muscle. The Pentagon carries out the orders of the DS that's formulated from the many round tables. The political venue we see is a face that's put on it along with the narrative.
From what I could gather from your writing is that it didn't acknowledge very little of what I wrote.