Barry McCaffrey Quotes
Getting the U. S. Government to do anything is like herding ducks with a broom.
Barry McCaffrey, Director, U. S. Office of National Drug Control Policy, Army General, Quoted in The Washington Post, June 8, 1997
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The administration and operation of scientific research is particularly vulnerable to bureaucratic processes. There is a constant tension between scientists and politicians over the accountability of publicly funded research.
Lev Davidovich Bronstein
The conservative newspaper was describing a leading Congressional conservative, Tom Delay. Delay had been cited three times by the bipartisan House Ethics Committee. He was also accused of many other unethical activities and he was under criminal investigation in his home State of Texas for violation of the campaign finance laws. The Beltway refers to the Beltway highway around Washington DC within the bounds of which most politicians and lobbyists work and live.
Jefferson is the hero of the “small government” enthusiasts of modern times. In his day it was the conservative Federalists who wanted a larger government while the Jeffersonians, the radicals of the day argued for smaller government. Jefferson not only favored smaller government, but he actually cut the size of the Federal workforce something which in modern times no president has done except for William Clinton.
Berg, one of the early OSS recruits, was a brilliant loner and somewhat paranoid. His early modus operandi was to work with no partners, never as part of a team, and only report to the head of the agency and a deputy or two and otherwise never reveal where he was or how he did things. Berg however was brilliant and multilingual, and even was able to have discussions with the best Physicist left in Germany--Nobel Prize winner Werner Heisenberg. Berg determined that Heisenberg was not working on an atomic bomb with some clever technical discussions and listening to some of Heisenberg's presentations. Therefore, following his orders, he did not assassinate the German Scientist whuch he was prepared to do. Other than OSS officials, many in America did not believe that the Germans would not have their best scientist working on Nuclear Energy. However, Hitler was biased against what he called "Jewish Sceince" and bet on jet planes. After the war, The CIA reorganized the American espionage effort and there was no place for Berg’s old school style.
Barry Richard McCaffrey is a former United States Army officer and current news commentator, professor and business consultant who served in U.S. President Bill Clinton's Cabinet as the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. He received three Purple Heart medals for injuries sustained during his service in the Vietnam War, two Silver Stars, and two Distinguished Service Crosses — the second-highest U.S. Army award for valor. He was inducted into U.S. Army Ranger Hall of Fame at U.S. Army Infantry Center at Fort Benning in 2007.
