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Doug Miller

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You know darned that as soon as BeeHO was sworn in, there was a long
briefing by a number of alphabet agencies after which BeeHO had to
change his shorts.

Not just Obama. Probably nearly every President has needed to change his
shorts after those briefings. One notable exception would have been George HW
Bush, who was the Director of Central Intelligence in 76-77 and VP from 80-88;
the briefings probably didn't tell him much that he didn't already know.

Harry Truman had _no_idea_ that the U.S. had a nuclear bomb program when he
became President after FDR died: FDR had kept him completely in the dark. Talk
about a "change your shorts" moment...

I can imagine that one of the thing that he said
was "What the **** have I gotten myself into?"

Probably nearly every President has said that, too.

I wish some guys who
have experience in the government intelligence agencies would post a
comment or two here. Our young President is going to have gray hair
before his one term is up.

Look at how the Presidency aged Jimmy Carter. He looked young and fit going
in, and old, careworn, and used up on the way out just four years later.