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I lifted the background section from a government page still cached at I think memoryhole.org, though it might have been at Google (the cache, that is--the original got taken down shortly after the TIA program was announced). So adjust as necessary; I noticed a lot of attempts to sugarcoat things & removed most of them but probably missed some others. --KQ
This article - like the Oliver North one - is factually wrong and riddled with bias.
I don't get why Poindexter and North have to be tagged as criminals when they are clearly not.
Can someone without liberal or conservative bias please tackle this one too. Lagavulin 01:14, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
With quotes like this:
Funding for the IAO was subsequently cut and with his already tattered credibility permanently damaged Poindexter resigned from DARPA on August 12, 2003.
Controversy over Poindexter's integrity followed his appointment to the position due to his role in the Iran-Contra scandal.
In protest against what he feels is Poindexter's plan to effect the systematic destruction of Americans' civil liberties and privacy rights,
How can anyone in good faith put trash like that in an encyclopedia article?
Lagavulin 01:15, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
I don't see how you could deffend a slug like Poindexter. However I would agree that the article must be without bias. I don't subscribe to any political idiocy, I mean ideaology. So I may re-write it myself. -- Hierarchypedia 23:01, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Strange, idiocy sounds like it could be right up your street. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.156.122.5 ( talk) 01:00, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
This from another web site: www.hereinreality.com/bigbrother.html - 38k -A retired Navy Admiral, John Poindexter lost his job as National Security Adviser under Ronald Reagan, and was convicted of conspiracy, lying to Congress, defrauding the government, and destroying evidence in the Iran Contra scandal.
don't get why Poindexter and North have to be tagged as criminals when they are clearly not. - I think it has something to do with the fact that they were convicted. LamontCranston ( talk) 14:56, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
The article says he helped with the "peaceful transition of government in the Philippines". What does that mean? If it's talking about the U.S. granting independence to the Philippines in 1946, he was only 9 years old at the time. And if it's talking about regular presidential elections in the Philippines, what did he have to do with it? Thanks. Coffee 05:40, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
Wikipedia reports finding no internet references to indicate Poindexter has a family. warblogging.com reports otherwise.
http://www.warblogging.com/tia/poindexter.php
does one really say someone "was the father of" a deceased person? I thought the phrasing was, "he is the father of recently deceased...", or similar - yes, it takes longer, but it has the virtue of being less confusing and accurate. Schissel | Sound the Note! 01:24, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
I agree that the quantity of external links seems disproportionate to the length of the article. But if the tagger would discuss them a bit, it might help. Thanks. Student7 ( talk) 23:11, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
Scalia was last seen alive at John Poindexter's ranch. At what point will this information be added? 2607:FB90:24A4:3C0E:9B28:8C74:EFD1:D1D4 ( talk) 21:25, 17 February 2016 (UTC) Different John Poindexter. http://www.jbpoindexter.com/professionals/poindexter.htm Cross Reference ( talk) 04:00, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
see: http://edition.cnn.com/2016/02/18/opinions/justice-scalia-no-autopsy-melinek/index.html
Arydberg ( talk) 02:32, 24 February 2016 (UTC)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=John_Poindexter&curid=65504&diff=1023288298&oldid=1023286604
It is fully supported by countless reliable sources. The POV tag should be removed, KPX8. soibangla ( talk) 15:22, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
The section "Promotion of falsehood about stolen 2020 election" is poorly sourced and highly biased against Poindexter. Along with many other retired military officers, Poindexter signed a letter which says "The FBI and Supreme Court must act swiftly when election irregularities are surfaced and not ignore them as was done in 2020." One can debate whether there were any irregularities worthy of action by the FBI and Supreme Court, but this is far cry from saying that Poindexter endorsed a conspiracy theory that the election was rigged. For example, the FBI and the Supreme Court could have investigated and heard cases about election irregularities, and still determined them to not have a material effect on the result. I propose deleting this section. -- Westwind273 ( talk) 04:40, 9 July 2021 (UTC)