Around 1984 I saw an interview with Stanfield Turner. It was one of those Sunday morning news programs.
One journalist asked him: Who is the world’s best intelligence service? Is it Israel’s Mossad, CIA, or KGB?
He replied that none of them were the best. That title went to the British Intelligence. I have no ides if they still are.
#5. Re whether the British Intelligence was the best in the world.
First of all, Stansfield Turner was a total failure as the head of the CIA. He was so far out of the league that he couldn’t have gotten a job as a waterboy if Carter hadn’t appointed him.
BI used to be great because it had sources in the worldwide British Commonwealth. Today the Commonwealth is more an ancient memory than reality.
As for Mossad, it never left its ancient neighborhood and expanded to new ones.
If you refer to the Oct. 1973 Yom Kippur War and the initial disaster for Israeli forces on the east side of the Suez Canal, a lot of blame goes to America’s misreading of Egyptian “annual” maneuvers and the steady Soviet Bloc weapons buildup that proceded it. I think Kissinger owes everyone an explanation and about the 6 F4 Phantom fighter jets we almost lost between Spain and Israel.
Stanfield Turner was the worst CIA Director in history. It was no wonder he was appointed by Jimmuh Carter. The reason Turner could not point to the CIA as the best is because he removed human assets from the field and wanted to depend on “technology”. He was an amateur with no clue as to what he was doing and is partially responsible for 911 for leaving us blinded by not having human intelligence assets