Alec Baldwin, the Answer Man

By James Hirsen
December 12, 2006

Alec Baldwin, who typically gushes over most government programs, is in favor of reducing one particular facet of the federal government.

In fact, it turns out that the actor-activist would like to abolish a large portion of the executive branch.

A whole host of alphabet agencies may pop to mind, like FDA, EPA, or FCC.

But on the Huffington Post Web site, Baldwin recently wrote a piece titled “Defeating Terrorism: An Oddly Simple First Step.”

What’s first in Baldwin’s estimation when it comes to defeating terrorism? Abolishing the CIA.

After stating that the “[Bush] administration's war plan was merely the match that touched a pool of gasoline laid down by more than 30 years of bad decisions by our government,” Baldwin, the answer man, provided the results of his study group.

“There is an answer to this problem,” Baldwin informed. “There is a way to defeat terrorism while building new and better alliances in the Arab world. It will be an enormously complex and difficult diplomatic puzzle. But the first step might be oddly simple. Get rid of the CIA, which has outlived its usefulness and is an embarrassment to this great country, and rebuild and reform U.S. intelligence capabilities to fight this new type of threat. I think our hopes must begin there.”

The Left Coast Report relays that sources at the CIA indicate when it comes to abolishing intelligence, Baldwin really knows what he’s talking about.