To: Valin
Sometimes they're NOT bumbling fools.
2 posted on
02/03/2004 9:14:40 PM PST by
Valin
(Politicians are like diapers. They both need changing regularly and for the same reason.)
To: Valin
Interesting.
3 posted on
02/03/2004 9:27:11 PM PST by
nuconvert
("Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else?")
To: Valin
There are many war stories from the Cold War that we will likely never hear. I will say that the same is true for the current war against terrorism (WWIV) that is being waged.
4 posted on
02/03/2004 9:29:56 PM PST by
weegee
To: Valin
I live in an area where a disproportionately high number of people are intelligence analysts or have some other connection with intelligence work. Several of them have separately told me that there are reasons we only hear about the CIA's failures. For one thing, they want the bad guys to think the CIA is run entirely by bumbling jerks, so they will be underestimated; they don't try to cover up most of the snafus. Also, some of the so-called mistakes aren't mistakes at all. The successes are never publicized.
5 posted on
02/03/2004 9:31:01 PM PST by
Capriole
(Foi vainquera)
To: Valin; Grampa Dave; NormsRevenge; BOBTHENAILER; Dog; Dog Gone
Great story!
10 posted on
02/03/2004 9:50:12 PM PST by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
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