[what's up]

Carter also gutted our intelligence services in the 70's

I think he may very well have been our worst President...a total opportunist in the wake of Watergate.

[Ramius]

Carter also gutted our intelligence services in the 70's

Reagan thankfully turned much of this around, but Clinton, using the end of the Cold War as his excuse, again gutted and all but finished off our intel services. "Peace Dividend"... yadda yadda yadda.