Obama warned on CIA

Washington Times ^ | 12.04.08 | Bill Gertz

[Perdogg]

A former CIA deep-cover spy says President-elect Barack Obama needs to radically reshape what he terms the "dysfunctional" CIA -- or face more strategic intelligence failures.

Ishmael Jones, the pseudonym for a former Marine and recently retired CIA case officer, said in an interview that despite intelligence reform efforts in the post-Sept. 11 era, "the CIA bureaucracy has mutated into a living creature that serves its own aims."

[Perdogg]

ping

[Red Badger]

"the CIA bureaucracy has mutated into a living creature that serves its own aims."

It's been like this for decades before 9-11...............

[I see my hands]

Employ liberals as policy and in no time at all your product or service will turn into a steaming pile of huddah.

[LS]

The problem is, 99% of those CIA agents who are causing the problem are Clinton holdovers.

[Mojave]

Obama could make Fox William Mulder the new CIA chief.

[Leisler]

So, what's new? I was told of this in the 60’s.

The book, Charlie Wilson's war exposed this in the 80’s.

General Swartzkoph said after Desert Storm that the CIA support was so vague and general as to be useless.

This Marine officers complaint sounds like a Soviet defectors complaint of their agency.

Any closed loop, uncontested, and closed history human endeavor will be a factory of poor quality, mythology and bureaucratic featherbedding.

[K-oneTexas]

Clinton holdovers have caused President Bush no end of problems. In all fairness, he also cause some of his own.

Gen. Hayden is the right man for the job of Director of the CIA. He has the ‘bona fides’ and ‘gravitas’ (to use politicians favorite words) in that field to do it well.

He needs to start canning folks. Something President Bush should have done on Day 1!

[70th Division]

OH YA! Just like Clinton did. They allowed a Muslim woman to enter the CIA and become a Huzbula spy.

[RC2]

The CIA tends to protect itself since the courts have turned against them. When the CIA gets blamed for everything, they have no choice.

[LS]

We once hired a histor prof who had on her resume she had worked for the CIA as an analyst. I thought, “Ok, can’t be too whacko.” Turned out to be one of the most radical people we ever had.

[FReepaholic]

..."the CIA bureaucracy has mutated into a living creature that serves its own aims."...

Typical of any government agency.

[norraad]

...or car company..

[Deb]

There’s that crazy 9 11 Truther/Bush impeachment looney who is a retired (or fired) CIA “analyst”. Apparently any whack-job can do it.

[DaveArk]

Especially, Foggy Bottom.

[Leisler]

It's not mutation. It is natural human behavior. James Buchanan won a Nobel for the study of government bureaucracy. Basically, the growth and prosperity of the bureaucracy is the mission. Everything else if fluff cover for delusional idealist and the stupid.

[Leisler]

As the software writers say, “It is the feature, not the bug.”

[Locomotive Breath]

Brought to you courtesy of Jimmy Carter.

[kenmcg]

“the CIA bureaucracy has mutated into a living creature that serves its own aims.”
One only has to look at its work over the last 20 years; ie the Plame incident, WMD in Iraq, no intell on 9/11, The USS Cole, the bombing of American embassies in Africa, The WTC bombing in the early 90’s etc. In short the CIA is run by a bunch PC idiots.

[Lurking in Kansas]

"the CIA bureaucracy has mutated into a living creature that serves its own aims."

LOL, I've seen the movie. In fact, about every movie in the last 25 years that has the CIA in it has this as the plot line... LOL