CIA poker parties at the Watergate nothing new for Congressman

[Rose Siding]

From Laura Rozen at War and Piece-

April 28, 2006
It turns out one of the Watergate poker parties I had heard was covered in the 90s by the Post was actually reported by an Atlanta Journal Constitution journalist and pal of Charlie Wilson's back in 1994. Here is "A Fun Bunch of Guys When the (poker) Chips Are Down, Depend on Your CIA to Be There," by Joe Murray, Atlanta Journal Constitution, May 20, 1994:


WASHINGTON - The CIA plays for high stakes. Some of the pots are close to $ 1,000.

For these agents, international intrigue isn't the only game in town. Once a week, in a suite at the Watergate Hotel, they play poker. I'm not sure how they chose the Watergate. Perhaps because of a sense of history. Either that or a sense of humor.

Playing cards, these fellows are a bunch of cards. Funny? You wouldn't believe it. I'm telling you, they'll kill you.

I stopped by the game with my old friend, Charlie Wilson, the Texas congressman from my home town. Charlie is a CIA kind of guy. He rode with the rebels in Afghanistan's revolt against the Soviets. A year ago, he received the CIA's "Honored Colleague" medal, first time ever that it went to anyone outside the agency.

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http://www.warandpiece.com/blogdirs/004069.html

[valerief]

1. Uh, more like Poke Her parties (n/t)

[durrrty libby]

2. Keith Olbermann used a form of that joke tonight.

“Poker…....I don’t even know her”

[valerief]

3. Ah, great minds think alike.

But I gotta tell KO to stop stealing my material.