[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.

[GOPJ]

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

That's telling.