One of them at least, Ray McGovern, used to brief President Reagan, starting right after he was elected, even before the inaugeration. He was a 26 year CIA employee, '64-90. He's a bit out of the loop I would guess. A search on his name produced a lot of lefty sites, but also some far right, "Bush is Evil" type sites. In fact he seems more one of the latter types.
I used to serve with a bunch of folks with varying amounts of experience as military intelligence officers, and petty much uniformly, all were critical of the CIA. "East Coast Elitists" was on of the gentler terms. Just as Clancy portrays them, a lot of Irish Catholics (as was one of my Colonel friends) from Boston University. (he went to a Catholic small college in Texas) The kind of people that got along well with Bush I, but not necessarily with Bush II.
Understatement. I was out of the loop within weeks of leaving NSA. If he was still getting information 12 years later then we have "sources" that must be convicted of ...........That is criminal conduct. This shouldn't be treated as a political game, it is criminal activity.