[SuziQ]

"People in the CIA felt these things were not consonant with the sort of intelligence work they normally do," Marty said.

Sure doesn't sound like the mindset of the folks who began the CIA. These people must have absorbed the attitudes of the Church investigations.

Methinks this was also part of the turf war between the CIA and the Pentagon, where the CIA got it's knickers in a twist and started making things difficult for Pentagon planners.

[AngryJawa]

Methinks this was also part of the turf war between the CIA and the Pentagon, where the CIA got it's knickers in a twist and started making things difficult for Pentagon planners.

Minor correction: The CIA making things difficult for the DoD long predates the turf battles during the War on Terror.

I think Langley has been damaged goods for a couple generations.

We're way past due to clean out that barn.