Politics of Battlestar Galactica

Ron Moore, Navy veteran and creator of the current incarnation of the SciFi television series Battlestar Galactica, has said he wanted to draw parallels between the War on Terror and the Second Cylon War - the holocaust from which the Galactica and the fleet she protects are currently fleeing. All the while, the fleet is pursued by Cylon fleets bent on destroying the last of humanity.

Over the weekend, I was watching some episodes from the first half of Season 2. In one episode, President Roslin and Commander Adama ask a reporter (played by Lucy Lawless) to do a piece on the crew of the Galactica. Naturally, the reporter tries to spin the story that paints the crew in a negative light.

After taping an incident which could compromise security aboard Galactica, Adama tries to confiscate the tape. When the reporter was reluctant, Adama makes a comment about doing what's right. The reporter relplies "I'm sick of people like you questioning my patriotism." Of course, she hands Adama a fake take, having hidden the real one in her bra.

The reporter, D'Anna Biers, continues to make her expose, doing everything she could to ambush the crew in uncomfortable settings, or to find a way to lay blame of some bad command decisions on certain crew members (such as Colonel Tigh).

Then end of the episode reveals that the reporter is a Cylon infiltrator.

Does this sound a little familiar?