ABC Nightline Interview - current CIA woes stem from the Clinton years

ABC Nightline | 5/19/2006

[A CA Guy]

Interesting.

[kinoxi]

made me do a double take

[potlatch]

Ping of interest - probably the one night you missed Nightline!

[NotADove]

I hope someone has information on this.

[A CA Guy]

I don't see it on the website either.

I guess we on the west coast should be able to get it and to record it though. I doubt they would change the whole show for the west coast. I think they are far too lazy to do that.

[zarf]

Too good to be true. Nothing to see hear.

[maine-iac7]

ping

[garyhope]

Carter, Bubba Clinton, the Dims, birds of a feather, all intent on eviscerating the CIA, America and our ability to defend ourselves.

[swmobuffalo]

Please call him the Arkansas Caligula. Don't insult the rest of the Ozarks by using that tag! :}

[ozzymandus]

Stansfield Turner ruined the CIA.

[tophat9000]

Forgive me for this post, but I have desperately searched for the link at ABC's website pertaining to tonight’s Nightline segment of an interview with an ex/current CIA expert. I believe ABC has withdrawn the link because of this interview that cited the Ozark Caligula’s Administration as the cause of the current CIA woes.

are you sure I checked the online tv listing for LA... it list Nightline as a repeat from Original Airdate: March 24, 1980.

[devolve]

Missed it

[PISANO]

Stansfield Turner ruined the CIA.

Not to mention the CHRUCH commission.

[potlatch]

LOL, I think we were directed to the wrong show - by me!

[A CA Guy]

If I remember, I'll try and catch in in another hour or so on ABC.

They thought this was current and you think it says 3/1980?

That would be when Reagan just got in with Carter's guys still in place.

This is geting odd to me. I would think the picture would suggest an old film. I think the online description must be wrong.

[nopardons]

bttt

[Neanderthal]

"They thought this was current and you think it says 3/1980?

That would be when Reagan just got in with Carter's guys still in place."

Reagan didn't get in for 10 more months - January 1981.

[A CA Guy]

Thanks, that is right, I was thinking he came in the January after the election, but I missed the year by one.

[gleeaikin]

Tonight I caught the tail end of a TV interview (don't ask me where, I don't remember) in which the CIA speaker pointed out that 40 years ago a significant % of students in high school studied foreign languages. He said recently it has dropped a lot to 8%. His question, "Where am I supposed to get the language knowledgeable recruits to use in the field with such a small output of foreign language speakers?" This is not a precise quote, but it captures the essence of his problem.

This is probably why we have had to depend so heavily on secondary sources and long distance sources of information, rather that "feet on the ground". It helps explain some of our very dangerous intelligence failures. We really need to start pushing language training opportunites, especially in important and difficult languages like Arabic and Chinese. To be really effective such training will have to start in elementary or at the very least middle schools.