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Originally Posted by Superbelt
You don't consider police officers to be public servants then? 
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I consider them a local government agency. If you live in Sometown, USA and you and your fellow Sometownians elect John Someguy as Mayor and he passes a local ordinance, would you not expect the police to enforce it rather than sit, consider the ordinance carefully, then perhaps decide maybe to enforce it? It is not their place to decide whether or not to enforce it, they do their job and uphold the law which the elected government officials draft.
Granted it is a bit more complex on a national level, but the CIA is still a government agency and it is their job to serve the elected government, not "the people" directly. If they work to undermine the [legitimate] efforts of a [legitimate] administration, regardless of political affiliation, they are undermining the foundation of our system of government.
To head off a possible response regarding this: Whether or not Bush or his war are legitimate are not really what I am arguing for or against.